Wellness beyond words [electronic resource] : Maya compositions of speech and silence in medical care / T.S. Harvey.
Material type: TextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)ISBN:- 9780826352750
- 0826352758
- 306.44/97281 23
- PM3361 .H39 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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