The Patient Multiple: An Ethnography of Healthcare and Decision-Making in Bhutan (WYSE Series in Social Anthropology Book 4)

In the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, medical patients engage a variety of healing practices to seek cures for their ailments. Patients use the expanding biomedical network and a growing number of traditional healthcare units, while also seeking alternative practices, such as shamanism and other religious healing, or even more provocative practices. __The Patient Multiple__ delves into this healthcare complexity in the context of patients’ daily lives and decision-making processes, showing how these unique mountain cultures are finding new paths to good health among a changing and multifaceted medical topography. In The Himalayan Kingdom Of Bhutan, Medical Patients Engage A Variety Of Healing Practices To Seek Cures For Their Ailments. Patients Use The Expanding Biomedical Network And A Growing Number Of Traditional Healthcare Units, While Also Seeking Alternative Practices, Such As Shamanism And Other Religious Healing, Or Even More Provocative Practices. The Patient Multiple Delves Into This Healthcare Complexity In The Context Of Patients' Daily Lives And Decision-making Processes, Showing How These Unique Mountain Cultures Are Finding New Paths To Good Health Among A Changing And Multifaceted Medical Topography. The Patient Multiple : Cures, Healths And Bodies -- Modernizing Traditional Medicine : A Two-option Healthcare Service -- An Ethnography Of Decision-making -- Alternative Practices And The Removal Of Ja Né -- Patients And Healing Materials : Relations And Dependency -- Conclusion : Assembling Patient Multiples And Complementary Logics Of Care. Jonathan Taee. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.