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The Patient Multiple: An Ethnography of Healthcare and Decision-Making in Bhutan
Jonathan Taee
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Hardback. In Bhutan, medical patients engage a variety of healing practices to seek cures for their ailments. The Patient Multiple delves into the context of patients' daily lives and decision-making processes, showing how these unique mountain cultures are finding paths to health among a changing and multifaceted medical topography. Series: Wyse Series in Social Anthropology. Num Pages: 274 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKH; JHMC; MBP; MX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
In the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, medical patients engage a variety of healing practices to seek cures for their ailments. Patients use the expanding biomedical network and a growing number of traditional healthcare units, while also seeking alternative practices, such as shamanism and other religious healing, or even more provocative practices. The Patient Multiple delves into this healthcare complexity in the context of patients' daily lives and decision-making processes, showing how these unique mountain cultures are finding new paths to good health among a changing and multifaceted medical topography.
In the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, medical patients engage a variety of healing practices to seek cures for their ailments. Patients use the expanding biomedical network and a growing number of traditional healthcare units, while also seeking alternative practices, such as shamanism and other religious healing, or even more provocative practices. The Patient Multiple delves into this healthcare complexity in the context of patients' daily lives and decision-making processes, showing how these unique mountain cultures are finding new paths to good health among a changing and multifaceted medical topography.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Wyse Series in Social Anthropology
Condition
New
Weight
474g
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785333941
SKU
V9781785333941
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Ref
99-15
About Jonathan Taee
Jonathan Taee holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge. He has conducted ethnographic research and worked in Tibet, Peru, Nepal, India, the USA and Bhutan.
Reviews for The Patient Multiple: An Ethnography of Healthcare and Decision-Making in Bhutan
This book is a welcome pioneering ethnography based on case studies that demonstrate a clear understanding of the way in which public health care services in Bhutan integrate both biomedical and 'traditional' medicine.
Mona Schrempf, Free University, Berlin This is a timely and much needed study on the relationship between traditional and modern medicine in Bhutan that ... Read more
Mona Schrempf, Free University, Berlin This is a timely and much needed study on the relationship between traditional and modern medicine in Bhutan that ... Read more