Mudpacks and prozac : experiencing Ayurvedic, biomedical, and religious healing /

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Mud Packs and Prozac is a fascinating comparative analysis of how patients choose and how they experience the therapies of Western biomedical, Ayurvedic, and religious healing systems. Foregrounding questions of embodiment and aesthetics, Murphy Halliburton challenges our understandings of mental il...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Halliburton, Murphy, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, 2009.
Temas:
Traditional medicine > India > Kerala.
Cultural psychiatry > India > Kerala.
Medicine, Ayurvedic > India > Kerala.
Healing > Social aspects > India > Kerala.
Human mechanics.
Mental illness > Treatment.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Mental Disorders > therapy
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Religion and Medicine
Ethnopsychiatrie > Inde > Kerala.
Āyurveda > Inde > Kerala.
Guérison > Aspect social > Inde > Kerala.
Mécanique humaine.
Maladies mentales > Traitement.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Mental illness > Treatment
Medicine > Religious aspects
Cultural psychiatry
Healing > Social aspects
Human mechanics
Manners and customs
Traditional medicine
médecine > tradition (philosophie) > Kerala (Inde)
Āyurveda > médecine indienne > Kerala (Inde)
Kerala (India) > Social life and customs.
India
Kerala (Inde) > Mœurs et coutumes.
India > Kerala
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Three Therapies of South India; 3. Lives and Problems; 4. Experiencing the World from Body to Atman; 5. Cooling Mudpacks: The Aesthetic Quality of Therapy; 6. Conclusion: Pleasure, Health and Speed; Appendix A: Semi-Structured Interview Questions; References; Index; About the Author.

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