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Social and Cultural Anthropology

2011

Huli people; Papua; New Guinea; illness; behavioral responses;

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The Huli Response To Illness / Book Review, Terence Hays Jun 2011

The Huli Response To Illness / Book Review, Terence Hays

Terence Hays

What diseases afRict the Huli people of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea? How are these conceptualized by them as illness experiences? How do their behavioral responses, including the utilization of both traditional and Western health services, flow from and affect these conceptualizations? And how are these processes grounded in the broader ecological, historical, social, and cultural contexts within which individual Huli make their decisions regarding illness?