Ritual in Western Medicine and Its Role in Placebo Healing
Ritual has long been thought to play an important role in the healing processes used by ancient and non-Western healers. In this paper, I suggest that practitioners of Western medicine also interact with patients in a highly ritualized manner. Medical rituals, like religious rituals, serve to alter...
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2003]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2003, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-33 |
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physician-priest
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