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Naming and grouping illnesses in Feira (Brazil).

Abstract

This paper examines the naming and grouping of illnesses in the popular medicine of Feira de Santana, a city in Northeastern Brazil, in a context of medical pluralism. It discusses the principles used to name illnesses in Feira and the semantic shifts evident in popular nomenclature; examines the grouping of illnesses in Feira; and shows the flexibility of these situationally negotiated categorizations. It also analyzes the place of symptoms in local nosological knowledge and examines three folk illnesses as an illustration of the discussion of illness classification.

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Year: 1995 PMID： 8529394 DOI： 10.1007/bf01381918

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

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