TY - BOOK ID - 77894237 TI - Wellness beyond words : Maya compositions of speech and silence in medical care PY - 2013 SN - 1283959976 0826352758 9780826352750 9780826352736 0826352731 PB - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, DB - UniCat KW - Mayas KW - Anthropological linguistics KW - Oral communication KW - Language and medicine KW - Mayan languages KW - Maya Indians KW - Mayans KW - Indians of Central America KW - Indians of Mexico KW - Anthropo-linguistics KW - Ethnolinguistics KW - Language and ethnicity KW - Linguistic anthropology KW - Linguistics and anthropology KW - Anthropology KW - Language and culture KW - Linguistics KW - Oral transmission KW - Speech communication KW - Verbal communication KW - Communication KW - Medicine and language KW - Medicine KW - Penutian languages KW - Languages. KW - Guatemala KW - Gvatemala KW - Goatemala KW - Republic of Guatemala KW - República de Guatemala KW - Central America (Federal Republic) KW - Public health. KW - Social conditions. KW - Public health UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77894237 AB - "This anthropological account of Maya language use in health care in highland Guatemala explores some of the cultural and linguistic factors that can complicate communication in the practice of medicine. Bringing together the analytical tools of linguistic and medical anthropology, T. S. Harvey offers a rare comparative glimpse into Maya intra-cultural therapeutic and cross-cultural biomedical interactions"-- ER -