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An Anthropological Research On The Bunu Yao Treatment Behavior

Posted on:2013-11-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y J ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2247330371991212Subject:Ethnology
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In the long-term production and life, Bunu Yao villagers on Lonyan Village gradually formed a set of their own treatment behaviors. Its content is diverse and can be summed up as the witch doctor treatment, soil medical treatment and Western medicine treatment. Juxtaposition and coincidence of three types of curing behavior from different levels meet the treatment needs of the villagers. Villagers mainly take into account the choice of treatment behavior about the factor of therapeutic effect, financial condition and Humanistic care including the doctor-patient relationship and the verbal communication. Witch doctor treatment, soil medical treatment and Western medicine treatment belonging to three different kinds of cultural system are the performance of cultural diversity and cultural relativism in medical practices.Superposition of the three treatment behavior is actually a culture superimposed.Multi-treatment concentrated in a Bunu Yao village is the requirements of cultural integrity.
Keywords/Search Tags:Bunu Yao, treatment behavior, Diversification
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