Order and healing: the concept of order and its importance in the conceptualization of healing.
Medical anthropology August 1, 1990 M L Lyon 18 citations
Order is central to healing, and a model of healing built around order can bridge biological and cognitive domains. Drawing on Javanese mystical practices that unite human and natural orders, the paper uses this example as a metaphor for an expanded notion of order. It examines how order is conceptualized in medical anthropology, science, and medicine, emphasizing the role of analogy and metaphor. This perspective moves beyond conventional biomedical categories, offering a basis for reconceptualizing fields like psychoneuroimmunology.