Cappannari S C, Rau B, Abram H S, Buchanan D C
JAMA. 1975 Jun 2;232(9):938-40.
We have observed the case of a hexed patient that emphasizes the interplay between modern medical practice and the influence of a supernatural voodoo subculture. Psychosocial stresses involved in the patient's illness (regional enteritis) added to the complexity of the clinical problem. The presence of ambivalence in the patient and her mother concerning their systems of belief, and their unwillingness to accept totally the treatment modalities of either modern medicine or voodoo, probably prevented the patient's predicted death.
我们观察了一位中邪患者的病例，该病例凸显了现代医疗实践与超自然伏都教亚文化影响之间的相互作用。患者疾病（局限性肠炎）所涉及的社会心理压力增加了临床问题的复杂性。患者及其母亲在信仰体系上存在矛盾心理，且不愿完全接受现代医学或伏都教的治疗方式，这可能避免了患者预期的死亡。
