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4. Articulating silences: experiential biomedical constructions of hypertension symptomatology

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Schoenberg, Nancy E. and Drew, Elaine M.

Subjects
Hypertension -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Folk medicine -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Medicine, Primitive, Cookery for hypertensives, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Health
Abstract

African Americans living in a southern, rural community use their folk beliefs about high blood pressure symptoms to guide their daily actions. The refusal of the medical profession to recognize the value of folk medical beliefs such as these is discussed.

Published
2002

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