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Pain as human experience : an anthropological perspective

Del Vecchio Good, M

Pain as human experience : an anthropological perspective - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, 1994 - Comparative studies of health systems and medical care .

Pain as a human experience: an introduction ; A Body in pain: the making of a world of chronic pain ; Work as a haven from pain ; Symptoms & social performances: the case of Diane Reden ; Chronic illness & the construction of narratives ; ""After a while no one believes you"": real & unreal pain ; Pain & resistance :the delegitimation & relegitimation of local worlds ; Epilogue

This book searches out effective ways to describe & analyze the human context of pain."

0520075129


Pain - Psychology
Anthropology, Cultural
Pain
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