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Before Arthur Kleinman's Research, Medical Anthropologists Tended to Assume That

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Before Arthur Kleinman's research, medical anthropologists tended to assume that everyone in a small-scale society made similar decisions about treating health problems. How and why did a perspective that emphasizes individual "explanatory models" transform the field of medical anthropology?


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