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personalistic and naturalistic disease etiologies: a standalone construct

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Medical anthropology

a typology contrasting illness explained by the deliberate action of an agent with illness explained by impersonal natural forces or imbalance.

In medical anthropology, personalistic and naturalistic disease etiologies refers to a typology contrasting illness explained by the deliberate action of an agent with illness explained by impersonal natural forces or imbalance. This meaning comes from Foster (1976) in American Anthropologist.[1]

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Foster, G. M. (1976). Disease Etiologies in Non‐Western Medical Systems. American Anthropologist, 78(4), 773-782. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1976.78.4.02a00030

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