Wellness beyond words [electronic resource] : Maya compositions of speech and silence in medical care / T.S. Harvey.

9780826352736 (cloth alk. paper)
9780826352750 electronic book

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013.

English

xii, 243 p. : ill.

PM3361 .H39 2013eb

306.44/97281

"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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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