Wellness beyond words : Maya compositions of speech and silence in medical care
Anthropological linguistics Language and medicine Mayan languages Mayas Oral communication Public health Guatemala LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics sähkökirjat
University of New Mexico Press
2013
EISBN 9780826352750
"This anthropological account of Maya language use in health care in highland Guatemala explores some of the cultural and linguistic factors that can complicate communication in the practice of medicine. Bringing together the analytical tools of linguistic and medical anthropology, T. S. Harvey offers a rare comparative glimpse into Maya intra-cultural therapeutic and cross-cultural biomedical interactions"--
