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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Morbidity
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Theory of disease
- Public welfare
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Western Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Medical Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Delgra Childs ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870 - 1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- White Mountain Apache, east central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Wayne Everett
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Arizona, Tucson, 1971
- UM 71-14,512
- Information about selecting therapuetic treatment has been indexed for Category 757
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Apache Indians