Physicians at Work, Patients in Pain: Biomedical Practice and Patient Response in Mexico

by Kaja Finkler

Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Addresses the interplay between traditional healing and biomedical treatment and the strengths and weaknesses of each. Concludes with a discussion of the problems faced in reconciling their training in biomedicine with the cultural dimensions of the society in which they practice. Softcover.

287 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991