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020 _a9780826352750
020 _a0826352758
020 _z9780826352736 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z0826352731
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aPM3361
_b.H39 2013
082 0 0 _a306.44/97281
_223
100 1 _aHarvey, T. S.,
_d1972-
245 1 0 _aWellness beyond words
_h[electronic resource] :
_bMaya compositions of speech and silence in medical care /
_cT.S. Harvey.
260 _aAlbuquerque :
_bUniversity of New Mexico Press,
_c2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (264 p.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aMayas
_xLanguages.
650 0 _aAnthropological linguistics
_zGuatemala.
650 0 _aOral communication
_zGuatemala.
650 0 _aLanguage and medicine
_zGuatemala.
650 0 _aMayan languages
_zGuatemala.
651 0 _aGuatemala
_xPublic health.
651 0 _aGuatemala
_xSocial conditions.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780826352750/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c32082
_d32082