Bonesetting and radiography in the southern Maya highlands

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-293

  Hinojosa, Servando Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b University of Texas Pan American ^*

Author keywords

Bonesetting; Embodiment; Guatemala; Maya; Radiography

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPRAIN; X RAY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL;

EID: 9344223917     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740490506934     Document Type: Review

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