Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 233 pages
- Published by: Waveland Press December 1993
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0881337854
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0881337853
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 7.2 ounces
Reader Reviews
While alternative treatment is often considered the exception to the rule in the United States, this is not the case in many areas throughout the world. This book documents a study which examines why residents of Pichataro (a small, traditional, predominantly poor, Mexican town in Tarascan) choose one type of health treatment over another. The authors use their study to develop a set of rules which can then be used to predict what type of treatment the average villager will choose in any given situation. I liked this book. It has any easy to read writing style, making for quick reading, and does not have the incessant statistics and jargon found in most anthropological studies. However, being an Anthropology book, I thought it talked down to its intended audience a little too much, in that I didn't like the way the authors used first person references to 'talk' to the reader or refer them to what they've already read. Yet overall, I would say that this is a good beginner's Anthropology book, which offers great insight into the traditional Mexican community and the factors which contribute to their medical treatment choice.
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