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The heirarchy of resort in curative practices: the Admiralty Islands, Melanesia
Journal of health and social behavior • 10 (3) • Published In 1969 • Pages: 201-209
By: Romanucci-Ross, Lola.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Romanucci-Ross examines the kinds of medical treatment used by the Manus based on case studies collected by several anthropologists, including the author between 1928 and 1967. She found that in spite of the Manus desire for 'total acculturation,' they continue to practice 'counter-acculturative' medical practices. Romanucci-Ross identifies a 'hierarchy of resort' to medical treatment that Manus seek, ranging from modern clinical medicine, Christian prayer and hymn singing, to traditional curing (not necessarily in this order.) The Manus associate specific illnesses with specific kinds of treatment, whether traditional or European. They seek traditional cures for the gravest illnesses.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sickness
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Manus
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1928-1967
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lola Romanucci Schwartz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-209)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65003408
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Manus (Papua New Guinea people)