Pain and Bodies

INTRODUCTION The topic of pain offers a treasure trove of anthropological research projects that pose intriguing intellectual challenges. To begin with an obvious point, pain, especially chronic pain, is a hugely important issue: 40 percent of patients seeking medical attention cite pain as the rea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Jean E.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program
Format: Book chapter
Language:en_US
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Pubishers 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65949
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7036-3865