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symbolic healing: a standalone construct

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symbolichealing1 CONSTRUCTSymbolic healingDOW · MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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Medical anthropology

a cross-cultural model of healing in which a healer links a patient's problem to a shared mythic world and transforms emotions through manipulated symbols.

In medical anthropology, symbolic healing refers to a cross-cultural model of healing in which a healer links a patient's problem to a shared mythic world and transforms emotions through manipulated symbols. This meaning comes from Dow (1986) in American Anthropologist.[1]

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  1. Dow, J. (1986). Universal Aspects of Symbolic Healing: A Theoretical Synthesis. American Anthropologist, 88(1), 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1986.88.1.02a00040

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