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Title

Sacred healing and biomedicine compared

Description

Addresses the similarities and differences between sacred healing and biomedicine along several important dimensions that bear on the differential effects of patients' experiences of their treatment.
Concludes with a consideration of contemporary sociocultural forces that have led to the emphasis on the physicians' persona in biomedical practice.

Creator

Kaja Finkler

Source

Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 8.2. June 1994. p. 178-197.
GN296 MAQ NO.2 1994.

Date

1994

Contributor

seah

Format

Article journal