Medicine and Morality in Haiti : The Contest for Healing Power
by
Paul Brodwin
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology
ISBN-10
0521575435
ISBN-13
9780521575430
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 13th, 1996
Print length
260 Pages
Weight
395 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
HaitiSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnographySocial and cultural anthropology
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A study of how medicine and morality in rural Haiti are shaped both by local religious traditions and by biomedical and folk medical practices.
Morality and medicine are inextricably intertwined in rural Haiti, and both are shaped by the different local religious traditions, Christian and Vodoun, as well as by biomedical and folk medical practices. When people fall ill, they seek treatment not only from Western doctors but also from herbalists, religious healers and midwives. Dr Brodwin examines the situational logic, the pragmatic decisions, that guide people in making choices when they are faced with illness. He also explains the moral issues that arise in a society where suffering is associated with guilt, but where different, sometimes conflicting, ethical systems coexist. Moreover, he shows how in the crisis of illness people rework religious identities and are forced to address fundamental social and political problems.
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