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Zvinorwadza

Being a Patient in the Religious and Medical Plurality of the Mberengwa District, Zimbabwe

by Olov Dahlin

  • Paperback
  • 296 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Lang AG
  • 15 x 21 x 1.6 cm

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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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  • Author

    Olov Dahlin

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Peter Lang AG

  • Published

    October 2002

  • Weight

    384g

  • Page Count

    296

  • Dimensions

    15 x 21 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9783631395769

  • ISBN-10

    3631395760

  • Eden Code

    4073217

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