Book
A Trukese theory of medicine
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1971 • Pages:
By: Mahony, Frank J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation gives a precise description of the concepts of sickness and healing practices among the Chuukese. It also discusses the adaptation of the traditional conceptual system to modern medicine practiced in hospitals and clinics established by the Japanese and the Americans. Sickness is considered to result mainly from undesirable social behavior. Thus, the traditional conceptual system of disease functions as an important social control mechanism in a society with a minimum of formal social control agents. The efforts of missionaries to destroy the supernatural power idea connected with illness results in a loosening of social control.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Vocabulary
- Pharmaceuticals
- Sickness
- Spirits and gods
- Ethnobotany
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chuuk
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Sigrid Khera ; 1973-1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1957, June 1967-Dec. 1967, April 1968-Sept. 1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank Joseph Mahony
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Stanford University, 1969
- UM 70-18,439
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-273)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trukese (Micronesian people)