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The patient as a knower: Principle and practice in Siddha medicine [1]

The relation between experience and knowledge has been the subject of several debates in the sociology of knowledge, especially with regard to medical knowledge. The disease is experienced by the patient and the physician, who has the knowledge of disease, conducts the diagnoses and provides treatment. This poses two questions: Does the patient, who experiences the disease, have knowledge?

Publication Date: 
18/04/2009
V Sujatha [2]
Economic and Political Weekly [3]
44
16
76
Tags:
Health [4], Traditional Knowledge [5], Health Care [6], Health Personnel [7], Medical Systems [8], Siddha [9], Tamil Nadu [10]
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