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somatization  

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  • The experience of abusive social and interpersonal issues expressed as painful bodily symptoms. It has been demonstrated to be a viable response by women to their gender roles, and perhaps the only response available to individuals living under regimes of political terror (Kleinman, A. (1995) Writing at the Margin: Discourse between Anthropology and Medicine. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Somatization]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QQCCQ68X-Z

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