ISBN:
0826352731
,
9780826352736
Language:
English
Pages:
243 S.
,
Ill.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Guzmán, Jennifer R. T. S. Harvey: Wellness Beyond Words: Maya Compositions of Speech and Silence in Medical Care. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2013
DDC:
306.44 97281
Abstract:
This anthropological account of Maya language use in health care in highland Guatemala explores some of the cultural and linguistic factors that can complicate communication in the practice of medicine. Bringing together the analytical tools of linguistic and medical anthropology, T. S. Harvey offers a rare comparative glimpse into Maya intra-cultural therapeutic and cross-cultural biomedical interactions"--
