Zvinorwadza a very common formulation heard among patients in the Mberengwa district Zimbabwe means it is painful or it hurts. This book deals with patients in a rural area of southern Africa and poses two basic questions What does it mean to be ill in this part of the world and what do patients lifeworlds look like Patients illness experiences are described with the word pain anxiety and sometimes despair their social situations are often marked by vulnerability exposedness and insecurity whic