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ZVINORWADZA
BEING A PATIENT IN THE RELIGIOUS AND MEDICAL PLURALITY OF THE MBERENGWA DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE |
| By: |
Olov Dahlin |
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Paperback |
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£71.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3631395760 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783631395769 |
| Publisher: |
PETER LANG AG |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2002 |
| Series: |
Europaische Hochschulschriften/European University Studies/Publications 748 |
| Pages: |
296 |
| Synopsis: |
Zvinorwadza, a very common formulation heard among patients in the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe, means "it is painful" or "it hurts." This book deals with patients in a rural area of southern Africa and poses two basic questions: What does it mean to be ill in this part of the world and what do patients' life-worlds look like? Patients' illness experiences are described with the word pain, anxiety and sometimes despair; their social situations are often marked by vulnerability, exposedness and insecurity which apply to both genders, but particulary to women; their help-seeking behaviour is characterised by pragmatism, complementarity and plurality; their conceptions about illnesses and aetiologies involve qualities of uncertainty, flexibility and multidimensionality; and, finally, patients' treatment experiences can be depicted in three words: some experienced ease, others complete healing, while a significant group of the multi-episodical patients experienced non-deliverance. It is concluded that the phenomena illness and healing need to be regarded holistically and that it is of crucial importance to acknowledge patients' own ideas concerning these issues. |
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| Publication: |
Switzerland |
| Imprint: |
Peter Lang AG |
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Returnable |
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