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The Contribution of Medical Anthropology to a Comparative Study of Culture: Susto and Tuberculosis |
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| Authors: | Arthur J Rubel Carmella C Moore |
| Institution: | Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine, USA. |
| Abstract: | Results of studies of the popular illness susto and the biomedical entity pulmonary tuberculosis are offered to illustrate how comparisons of sick and well people can elucidate societal processes in cultural anthropology. |
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