Folk healing and health care practices in Britain and Ireland : stethoscopes, wands, and crystals /

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Folk, alternative and complementary health care practices in contemporary Western society are currently experiencing a renaissance, albeit with features that are unique to this historical moment. At the same time biomedicine is under scrutiny, experiencing a number of distinct and multifaceted crise...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Moore, Ronnie (Ronald George), McClean, Stuart
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2010.
Colección:Epistomologies of Healing, vol. 8.
Temas:
Traditional medicine > Great Britain > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Traditional medicine > Ireland > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Alternative medicine > Great Britain.
Alternative medicine > Ireland.
Healing > Great Britain.
Healing > Ireland.
Medicine, Traditional > history
Medicine, Traditional > methods
Spiritual Therapies > history
Spiritual Therapies > methods
Médecine traditionnelle > Grande-Bretagne > Formules et recettes.
Médecine traditionnelle > Irlande > Formules et recettes.
Médecines parallèles > Grande-Bretagne.
Médecines parallèles > Irlande.
Guérison > Grande-Bretagne.
Guérison > Irlande.
MEDICAL > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Alternative medicine
Healing
Traditional medicine
Ireland.
United Kingdom
Ireland
Irlande.
Great Britain
Prescriptions, formulae, receipts, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and Ireland; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1-Introduction; Chapter 2-Folk Healing and a Post-scientific World; Chapter 3-The Medical Marketplace and Medical Tradition; Chapter 4-Folk Healing in Rural Wales; Chapter 5-A General Practice, A Country Practice; Chapter 6-Rescuing Folk Remedies; Chapter 7-Crystal and Spiritual Healing in Northern England; Chapter 8-Medical Pluralism in the Republic of Ireland; Chapter 9-Born To It and Then Pushed Out of It; Chapter 10-Beyond Legislation; Chapter 11-Epilogue; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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