The anthropology of alternative medicine /
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| Author / Creator: | Ross, Anamaria Iosif. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Berg, 2012. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 185 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11187861 |
| Summary: | Alternative medicine is not a fashionable new trend but an established cultural strategy, as well as a dynamic feature of mainstream contemporary medicine, in which elements of folk traditions are often blended with western scientific approaches. The Anthropology of Alternative Medicine is a concise yet wide-ranging exploration of non-biomedical healing. The book addresses a broad range of practices including: substance, energy and information flows (e.g. helminthic therapy); spirit, consciousness and trance (e.g. shamanism); body, movement and the senses (e.g. reiki and aromatherapy); as well as classical medical traditions as complements or alternatives to Western biomedicine (e.g. Ayurveda). Exploring the cultural underpinnings of contemporary healing methods, while assessing current ideas, topics and resources for further study, this book will be invaluable to undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology, sociology, psychology, and health related professions such as nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and biomedicine. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 185 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857853189 085785318X 9780857853172 0857853171 9781845208011 1845208013 9781845208028 1845208021 |