The transformations of disease in expert and lay medical cultures

Every culture has rules for translating signs into symptoms, for linking symptomatologies to etiologies and interventions, and for using the evidence provided by interventions to confirm translations and legitimize outcomes. The path a person follows from translation to socially significant outcome...

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Main Author: Maarten Bode
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jaim.in/article.asp?issn=0975-9476;year=2011;volume=2;issue=1;spage=14;epage=20;aulast=Bode