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Page 122
... Culture Patterns , " Bulletin of the History of Medicine 12 ( November 1942 ) : 545-74 . Sigerist states : " Culture , whether or not primitive , always has a certain con- figuration .. The medicine of a primitive tribe fits into that ...
... Culture Patterns , " Bulletin of the History of Medicine 12 ( November 1942 ) : 545-74 . Sigerist states : " Culture , whether or not primitive , always has a certain con- figuration .. The medicine of a primitive tribe fits into that ...
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... cultures and technological civilization start from opposite assumptions . In every traditional culture the psychotherapy , belief systems , and drugs needed to withstand most pain are built into everyday behavior and reflect the ...
... cultures and technological civilization start from opposite assumptions . In every traditional culture the psychotherapy , belief systems , and drugs needed to withstand most pain are built into everyday behavior and reflect the ...
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... cultural frame- work.28 To enable individuals to transform bodily pain into a personal experience , any culture provides at least four interrelated subprograms : words , drugs , myths , and models . Pain is shaped by culture into a ...
... cultural frame- work.28 To enable individuals to transform bodily pain into a personal experience , any culture provides at least four interrelated subprograms : words , drugs , myths , and models . Pain is shaped by culture into a ...
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The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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