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Medical anthropology

sudden death following a curse or social condemnation, explained as a fatal physiological stress response to fear.

In medical anthropology, voodoo death refers to sudden death following a curse or social condemnation, explained as a fatal physiological stress response to fear. This meaning comes from Cannon (1942) in American Anthropologist.[1]

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Cannon, W. B. (1942). “voodoo” Death. American Anthropologist, 44(2), 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1942.44.2.02a00010

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