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explanatory models of illness: a standalone construct

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Medical anthropology

the beliefs patients and clinicians each hold about the cause, course and treatment of a sickness episode, which may differ and need negotiation.

In medical anthropology, explanatory models of illness refers to the beliefs patients and clinicians each hold about the cause, course and treatment of a sickness episode, which may differ and need negotiation. This meaning comes from Kleinman (1978) in Annals of Internal Medicine.[1]

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Kleinman, A., Eisenberg, L., & Good, B. (1978). Culture, illness, and care: Clinical lessons from anthropologic and cross-cultural research. Annals of Internal Medicine, 88(2), 251-258. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-88-2-251

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