Women as healers, women as patients : mental health care and traditional healing in Puerto Rico /
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| Author / Creator: | Koss-Chioino, Joan |
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1992. |
| Description: | xx, 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1396267 |
| Summary: | The ways in which symptoms and causes of women's emotional distress and psychiatric illnesses are perceived and treated by both biomedical practitioners and folk healers in Puerto Rico lie at the heart of this book. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813383218 |
