Illness Interpretation is a theoretical construct within medical pluralism that identifies and differentiates the culturally and socially mediated frameworks through which individuals and communities understand, explain, and assign meaning to symptoms, disease experiences, and health-related events.
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The illness narratives: suffering, healing, and the human condition
Arthur Kleinman · Choice Reviews Online · 1988 · 3.6K citations
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