The Patient Multiple

<p> In the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan medical patients engage a variety of healing practices to seek cures for their ailments. Patients use the expanding biomedical network and a growing number of traditional healthcare units while also seeking alternative practices such as shamanism and other religious healing or even more provocative practices. <em>The Patient Multiple</em> delves into this healthcare complexity in the context of patients' daily lives and decision-making processes showing how these unique mountain cultures are finding new paths to good health among a changing and multifaceted medical topography.</p>