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Publication information:
Book title: The Anthropology of Medicine:From Culture to Method.
Edition: 3rd.
Contributors: Lola Romanucci-Ross - Editor, Daniel E. Moerman - Editor, Laurence R. Tancredi - Editor.
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey.
Place of publication: Westport, CT.
Publication year: 1997.
Page number: 317.
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