African American alternative medicine : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases

The Resource African American alternative medicine : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases

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African American alternative medicine : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases

Title remainder

using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases

Statement of responsibility

Eric J. Bailey

Language

eng

Summary

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

615.5/089/96073

Index

index present

LC call number

RA448.5.N4

LC item number

B248 2002eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

NLM call number

NLM item number

B154a 2002

Summary expansion

An introduction to the field of African American alternative medicine, highlighting African American traditional healthcare practices, new qualitative fieldwork data from African American alternative health practitioners, and specific cultural ethnomedical strategies for the African American population
The author examines past and present traditional healthcare practices among African Americans from a research-based perspective. A cultural-historical review of the traditional African American alternative healthcare practices provides the framework for understanding current African American ethnomedical practices. New data from a variety of African American alternative health practitioners serving the community share their perspectives

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