1978
DOI: 10.2307/3773194
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World Distribution of Theories of Illness

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“…All cult u res e nve lop ma gical or non-natural ex pla na t ions for th eir e mo t iona l a nd ph ysical illn esses (2) . This ma y not see m very a ppa re n t to a mod ern, "anglicized " Am erican; but recall th e last tim e you heard or sa id, in resp on se to a vagu e bodi ly co m pla int, " it must have been so m e t hing I a te."…”
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“…All cult u res e nve lop ma gical or non-natural ex pla na t ions for th eir e mo t iona l a nd ph ysical illn esses (2) . This ma y not see m very a ppa re n t to a mod ern, "anglicized " Am erican; but recall th e last tim e you heard or sa id, in resp on se to a vagu e bodi ly co m pla int, " it must have been so m e t hing I a te."…”
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“…De fait cette habileté innée est accompagnée de connaissances approfondies. Les guérisseurs ont des connaissances précises et logiques touchant l'ethno-étiologie, l'ethno-anatomie, l'ethno-physiologie et l'ethno-épidémiologie (Kay, 1977;Murdock, Wilson et Frederick, 1978;Brunei et Morissette, 1979). Les données ethno-étiologiques méritent que l'on s'y arrête.…”
Section: Les Guérisseurs Québécois Francophonesunclassified
“…Le nombre des causes de la maladie varie d'un guérisseur à l'autre, les réponses oscillant entre trois et huit causes de maladies. Le modèle québécois se plie aux caractéris-tiques logiques des systèmes ethno-étiologiques (Kay 1977, Murdock, Wilson et Frederick 1978. Signalons également que chaque guérisseur considère qu'un organe joue un rôle principal dans le développement de la maladie.…”
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“…When the Ethnographic Atlas was completed, he collaborated with Douglas White to define a "Standard Cross Cultural Sample" (1969) of 186 cultures carefully selected to represent the ethnographic universe. He then proceeded to update and expand his codes and make them available to others: "Subsistence Economy and Supportive Practices" (Murdock and Morrow 1970), "Settlement Patterns and Community Organization" (Murdock and Wilson 1972), "Measurement of Cultural Complexity" (Murdock and Provost 1973), and "World Distribution of Theories of 111ness" (Murdock, Wilson, and Frederick 1978).…”
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