Publication Date

5-1971

Advisor(s) - Committee Chair

Raytha Yokley, Hart Nelsen

Degree Program

Department of Sociology

Degree Type

Master of Arts

Abstract

This thesis will focus on what Mechanic terms "cultural and social aspects of medical care"; more specifically, it is the layman's evaluation of medical practitioners and practices. Medical practices are defined as the behavior directed toward maintenance or improvement of health while medical orientation designates the cognitive and affective attitudes toward health care.

Disciplines

Alternative and Complementary Medicine | Anthropology | Medical Humanities | Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Sociology

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