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The contribution of medical anthropology to a comparative study of culture: susto and tuberculosis.

A J Rubel1, C C Moore.   

Abstract

Results of studies of the popular illness susto and the biomedical entity pulmonary tuberculosis are offered to illustrate how comparisons of sick and well people can elucidate societal processes in cultural anthropology.

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Year:  2001        PMID： 11794869     DOI： 10.1525/maq.2001.15.4.440

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Med Anthropol Q        ISSN： 0745-5194


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1.  Care seeking and attitudes towards treatment compliance by newly enrolled tuberculosis patients in the district treatment programme in rural western Kenya: a qualitative study.

Authors:  John G Ayisi; Anna H van't Hoog; Janet A Agaya; Walter Mchembere; Peter O Nyamthimba; Odylia Muhenje; Barbara J Marston
Journal:  BMC Public Health       Date:  2011-06-29       Impact factor: 3.295

2.  Ethical behaviours in clinical practice among Mexican health care workers.

Authors:  Edith Valdez-Martínez; Pilar Lavielle; Miguel Bedolla; Allison Squires
Journal:  Nurs Ethics       Date:  2008-11       Impact factor: 2.874
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