Book
White Mountain Apache health and illness: an ethnographic study of medical decision making
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Everett, Michael Wayne.
Abstract
In this monograph Everett presents his investigation of the processes by which residents of three White Mountain Apache communities label sickness and select therapeutic treatment. He concludes that 'the White Mountain Apache medical system, represented as a decision making phenomenon, is indeed orderly, despite the lack of clear-cut rules regarding therapeutic behavior' (p. xiv). Additionally he posits that 'the contemporary Apache medical system appears to have resulted from the voluntary acceptance of Anglo concepts and practices which were most adaptive in view of changing Apache health problems' (p. xiv).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Medical Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Delgra Childs ; 1980
- Field Date
- 1968-1969
- Coverage Date
- 1870 - 1969
- Coverage Place
- White Mountain Apache, east central Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Michael Wayne Everett
- Information about selecting therapuetic treatment has been indexed for Category 757
- UM 71-14,512
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Arizona, Tucson, 1971
- LCSH
- Western Apache Indians