The anthropology of alternative medicine [electronic resource] / by Anamaria Iosif Ross.
Ross, Anamaria Iosif.
2012
GN296 .R6 2012eb
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Title The anthropology of alternative medicine [electronic resource] / by Anamaria Iosif Ross.
Author Ross, Anamaria Iosif.
ISBN 9780857853189 (electronic book)
085785318X (electronic book)
9781845208011
1845208013
9781845208028
1845208021
9780857853172
0857853171
Imprint Oxford : Berg, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 185 p.)
Call Number GN296 .R6 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.461
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. 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Available in Other Form Anthropology of alternative medicine.
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Alternative medicine in the twenty-first century
Substance, energy, and information flows
Spirit, consciousness, and trance
Body, movement, and the senses
Looking into the future of alternative medicine.

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