Putting the Spirit into Culturally Responsive Public Health: Explaining Mass Fainting in Cambodia

The study explores the cultural and religious meaning behind episodes of mass fainting sweeping through garment factories in Cambodia. An ethnographic study was conducted at 20 garment factories in Kandal, Preah Sihanouk, Kampong Cham, Kampong Speu, Takeo, and Kampong Chhnang provinces. Informants w...

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Main Author: Eisenbruch, Maurice (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2019]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 317-332
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Spirits
B Cambodia
B Possession
B Inauspicious death
B Mass fainting
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