Lost selves and lonely persons
Subtitle: experiences of illness and well-being among Tamil refugees in Norway
By: Anne Sigfrid Gronseth
Series: Carolina Academic Press ethnographic studies in medical anthropology series
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594607219
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Background; title: Methodological approaches; title: Health as embodied social processes : "I am a person, not an organ"; title: Fragments of social life and ritual practice; title: Perceptions of stigma; title: Lost selves and lonely persons; title: Quest for well-being; title: Conclusion.