Research Catalog

Title

The anthropology of alternative medicine / Anamaria Iosif Ross.

Author

Ross, Anamaria Iosif.

Publication

London ; New York : Berg, 2012.

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Details

Description

x, 185 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Alternative medicine is not a fashionable new trend, but an established cultural strategy 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, spirit, consciousness and trance, body, movement and the senses, as well as classical medical traditions as complements or alternatives to Western biomedicine. Designed for students studying anthropology, psychology, and health related professions to explore the cultural underpinnings of contemporary healing methods, while assessing current ideas, topics and resources for further study.

Subject

• Medical anthropology
• Alternative medicine
• Alternative medicine > Social aspects
• Therapeutics, Physiological
• Anthropology, Medical
• Complementary Therapies
• Therapeutics, Physiological
• Alternative medicine
• Alternative medicine > Social aspects
• Medical anthropology
• Ethnologie
• Alternative Medizin

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index.

Contents

Alternative medicine in the twenty-first century -- Substance, energy, and information flows -- Spirit, consciousness, and trance -- Body, movement, and the senses -- Conclusion: looking into the future of alternative medicine.

ISBN

• 9781845208011
• 1845208013
• 9781845208028
• 1845208021

OCLC

• ocn777343630
• 777343630
• SCSB-1625824

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library