Conceptions of Health and Disease among Spanish-Americans
This paper presents some conceptions of health and disease as perceived by Spanish-American villagers. An attempt is made to provide a framework which can be used to consider disease prevention, causation, diagnosis, treatment and the general health orientation of the Spanish-Americans. Emphasis is...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1961
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The American catholic sociological review
Year: 1961, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 314-323 |
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| Summary: | This paper presents some conceptions of health and disease as perceived by Spanish-American villagers. An attempt is made to provide a framework which can be used to consider disease prevention, causation, diagnosis, treatment and the general health orientation of the Spanish-Americans. Emphasis is placed on the extra-human factors involved in these health conceptions and the suggestion is made that an important religious component is a central theme which must be taken into consideration when discussing etiological factors, preventive measures, diagnostic perceptions and therapeutic procedures as perceived by this population. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7881 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The American catholic sociological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3708039 |