Interpreting Signs of Illness : : A Case Study in Medical Semiotics / / Kathryn V. Staiano.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2016]
©1986
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2015
Language:English
Series:Approaches to Semiotics [AS] , 72
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Physical Description:1 online resource (284 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgements --
Preface --
CHAPTER 1. Defining the Boundaries of Medical Semiotics --
CHAPTER 2. The Research Setting --
CHAPTER 3. Therapeutic Resources and Pluralistic Medical Systems --
CHAPTER 4. The Garinagu of Punta Gorda --
CHAPTER 5. The Model of Cause and Effect Relationships --
CHAPTER 6. Therapies, Therapists, and Therapeutic Resources --
CHAPTER 7. Case Studies, Culture Texts, and Culture Models --
CHAPTER 8. Health Seeking Transactions in a Pluralistic Society --
Bibliography --
Appendix A. Additional Expressions Used in Discussions of Illness or Presentation of Signs --
Appendix B. Patent Preparations and Biomedically Justified Preparations --
Appendix C. Medicines used in Bush Preparations --
Index
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783110855654
9783110636772
ISSN:0066-5576 ;
DOI:10.1515/9783110855654
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Kathryn V. Staiano.