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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Approaches to Semiotics [AS] ; 72Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2016]Copyright date: ©1986Edition: Reprint 2015Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783110103618
  • 9783110855654
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Contents:
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
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110855654

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

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