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  • In Argentina, as is common in most Latin American countries, therapies addressed to wellness or healing are commonly shared in groups or communities. In contrast, self-help books emphasize personal appropriation and individual treatment. Research on the appropriation of self-help books is based on the premise that reading material is an essential therapeutic resource.The aim of this article is to present different ways of using and interpreting self-help books. Using grounded theory methodology, I explore the importance of an interpersonal context as a proper sphere for dealing with suffering. The research is based on interviews, field notes, and analysis of documents. My main findings start with differentiating two categories: curing as an objective perspective to the remedy of disease, and healing as the subjective feeling of health. Up from here, three dynamics of treatment based on self-help books had been reconstructed: I show that self-help books, as well as faith-based therapeutic groups, focus on the healing perspective whereas therapeutic groups with a qualified coordinator are mostly involved in the perspective of cure. Support groups -i.e., mutual aid groups- fluctuate between healing and curing. (xsd:string)
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  • 2017 (xsd:gyear)
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  • 10.17169/fqs-18.1.2326 ()
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  • Curar o sanar: distintos modos de apropiación de las lecturas terapéuticas (xsd:string)
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  • In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 18, 2017, 1, 21 (xsd:string)
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