@article{706378,
      author = {Ross, Anamaria Iosif.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/706378},
      title = {The anthropology of alternative medicine [electronic  resource] /},
      publisher = {Berg,},
      abstract = {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. This 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 (such as helminthic therapy); spirit,  consciousness and trance (shamanism, for example); body,  movement and the senses (reiki and aromtherapy); as well as  classical medical traditions as complements or alternatives  to Western biomedicine (such as Ayurveda). The book  explores the cultural underpinnings of contemporary healing  methods, while assessing current ideas, topics and  resources for further study.},
      recid = {706378},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 185 p.)},
      address = {Oxford :},
      year = {2012},
}