The Patient Multiple by Jonathan Taee
In Bhutan, medical patients engage a variety of healing practices to seek cures for their ailments. The Patient Multiple delves into the context of patients' daily lives and decision-making processes, showing how these unique mountain cultures are finding paths to health among a changing and multifaceted medical topography.-
Where is the Good in the World?
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Becoming Vaishnava in an Ideal Vedic City
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After Difference
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The State We're In
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Selfishness and Selflessness
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It Happens Among People
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Practices of Care in an Italian Eating Disorder Clinic
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An Anthropology of Intellectual Exchange
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Making Better Lives
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Sociality
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Moral Engines
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Critiquing Neoliberalism
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Building Social Worlds
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Asian Lives in Anthropological Perspective
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Against Better Judgment
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Indeterminacy
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New Perspectives on Moral Change
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The Social Life of Achievement
“It is a well thought-out book that attempts to place the concept of medical plurality and especially ‘multiplicity’ in a more complex situation in Bhutan today… The book is comprised of five chapters, written in rich ethnographic style and anthropological analyses” Newbooks.asia
“The Patient Multiple is a refreshing account of healing narratives in a medical plural context. It is a wonderful and insightful read, written in a way that is accessible to a wide audience, blending rich description and grounded analysis. Furthermore, beautiful photographs taken by the author accompany and complement the text. In sum, the book is very well suited for students at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels and is an important contribution for those interested in medical pluralism and the shifting healing landscape in the Himalayan region.” Medical Anthropology Quarterly
“…the book is clearly structured and includes several photographs that visually underline the ethnographic accounts…[It] offers a welcome contribution to the medical anthropological literature on ‘patient-hood’ and the multiplicity this involves on the ground. With its accessibility and detailed ethnographic examples, it makes a good read for undergraduate courses in medical anthropology and anybody working in or concerned with public health in Asia.” Anthropos
Jonathan Taee holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge. He has conducted ethnographic research and worked in Tibet, Peru, Nepal, India, the USA and Bhutan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781789207965 |
| ISBN 10 | 1789207967 |
| Title | The Patient Multiple |
| Author | Jonathan Taee |
| Series | Wyse Series In Social Anthropology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books |
| Year published | 2020-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 242 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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