caa a22 4500 386352887 CHVBK 20180307111840.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198911 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0033291700005687 doi S0033291700005687 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0033291700005687 Sachdev Perminder S. Neuropsychiatric Institute, The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia Mana, Tapu, Noa: Maori cultural constructs with medical and psycho-social relevance [Elektronische Daten] [Perminder S. Sachdev] This paper discusses three concepts, mana, tapu and noa, that lie at the heart of Maori culture. These concepts are inter-related and concern power and influence, with political (or secular) authority implicit in mana and ritual (or religious) authority determined by tapu and noa. The paper explores their importance for the understanding of the ethnic views on aetiology and management of illness, the mechanisms of social organization and control, and the behaviour of individuals. Although the belief in these concepts exists in only an attenuated form in modern Maori society, their importance becomes obvious to any psychiatrist or physician working with Maori patients. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 19/4(1989-11), 959-969 0033-2917 19:4<959 1989 19 PSM https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291700005687 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291700005687 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Sachdev Perminder S. Neuropsychiatric Institute, The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 19/4(1989-11), 959-969 0033-2917 19:4<959 1989 19 PSM CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge