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Pluralism, performance and meaning in Taiwanese healing: a case study.

S Harrell1.   

Abstract

A case of presumed psychosis in a 16-year-old Taiwanese girl is examined to show the role of performance in creating meaning in a plural medical system. The case illustrates that there is no necessary correspondence between diagnoses, authorities, and therapies; that consensus, if achieved at all, is tenuous and context-dependent; that meaning is created by performance, rather than the other way around; and that understanding of how therapies work depends on their efficacy.

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Year:  1991        PMID： 2060314     DOI： 10.1007/bf00050827

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cult Med Psychiatry        ISSN： 0165-005X


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Authors:  S J Tambiah
Journal:  Cult Med Psychiatry       Date:  1977-04
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Journal:  Cult Med Psychiatry       Date:  2009-03
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