PATIENTS

Patients: translation

Since shamans may often be the primarydoctorsin their communities,healingpeople attacked by othercombativeshamans,other-than-human people, orsorcerersandwitches, it is evident that many of their clients are patients. However, in parts ofAmazonia, shamans may gain recognition as senior shamans by the number of their “bonded patients,” that is, those who have been successfully healed but cannot afford to compensate the shaman for their dangerous exertions.