I've broken my leg, but the doctor says that it's a clean break, so it should heal easily.
People believed that the bones of St Swithin had the power to heal the sick.
The geog raphy of place plays a cr itical role in healing.
While the nursing home applies healing, palliative, and custodial technologies, it also provides a framework for signification and description.
They built on medicine as a model for healing, while at the same time playing down medicine's concern with its traditional client: the individual patient.