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Spirit versus scalpel : traditional healing and modern psychotherapy / edited by Leonore Loeb Adler and B. Runi Mukherji ; forewords by Albert Pepitone and Uwe P. Gielen.
- Title
- Spirit versus scalpel : traditional healing and modern psychotherapy / edited by Leonore Loeb Adler and B. Runi Mukherji ; forewords by Albert Pepitone and Uwe P. Gielen.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, [1995], ©1995.
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- Description
- xxv, 219 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Albert Pepitone -- Foreword / Uwe P. Gielen -- Introduction / Leonore Loeb Adler and B. Runi Mukherji -- Pt. I. Concepts of Healing. 1. From Hippocrates to Psychoneuroimmunology: Medicine as Art and Science / Helmut E. Adler and Leonore Loeb Adler. 2. Cultural Perceptions of Life and Death / John Beatty. 3. Unspoken Assumptions in Communicating about Inner States: Chinese External Versus Internal / Edward H. Bendix -- Pt. II. Healers and Their Methods from Around the Globe. 4. The Traditional Healer in a Multicultural Society: The South African Experience / Dap A. Louw and Engela Pretorius. 5. Oracles in Ladakh: A Personal Experience / Elan Golomb. 6. Traditional Healing in India / Nihar Ranjan Mrinal, Uma Singhal Mrinal and B. Rumi Mukherji. 7. A Study of Curative Options Available in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka / Suneetha S. de Silva and Willie J. Epps. 8. Mesa blanca: A Puerto Rican Healing Tradition / Angela Jorge.
- 9. The Healing Practices of Mexican Spiritualism / Regina Spires-Robin and Peggy McGarrahan. 10. Shamanism in Alaska / Margaret Fischer -- Pt. III. Treatment and Training. 11. Endorsing Irrational Beliefs Cross-Culturally: Clinical Implications / Mitchell W. Robin and Raymond DiGiuseppe. 12. Religion Versus Medicine Versus Clinical Psychoanalysis or "Spirit" Versus "Scalpel" Versus "Castration" in a Case of Recovering Alcoholism / C. Edward Robins. 13. The Role of the Referral Agent in Treatment Selection and Treatment Efficacy: A Cultural Perspective / Charles V. Callahan. 14. Cultural and Psychological Influences on Mental Health Issues for Chinese Americans / Diana Chen. 15. Culture and Health Care: A Review of the Literature and Suggestions for Curriculum Development and Implementation / Lisa Whitten.
- ISBN
- 0897894065 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 94029715
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries