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
Recommended Citation
Dec, John, "Attitudes Toward Non-Scientific Medicine in Southern Appalachia" (1971). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 2251.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2251
Included in
Alternative and Complementary Medicine Commons, Medical Humanities Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, Sociology Commons