The Anthropology of Alternative Medicine

Anamaria Iosif Ross (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2012
Berg Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84520-801-1 (ISBN)

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Alternative medicine is not a fashionable new trend but an established cultural strategy, as well as a dynamic feature of mainstream contemporary medicine, in which elements of folk traditions are often blended with western scientific approaches.The Anthropology of Alternative Medicine 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 (e.g. helminthic therapy); spirit, consciousness and trance (e.g. shamanism); body, movement and the senses (e.g. reiki and aromatherapy); as well as classical medical traditions as complements or alternatives to Western biomedicine (e.g. Ayurveda). Exploring the cultural underpinnings of contemporary healing methods, while assessing current ideas, topics and resources for further study, this book will be invaluable to undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology, sociology, psychology, and health related professions such as nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and biomedicine.

Anamaria Iosif Ross is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Utica College, USA.

Chapter 1: Alternative Medicine in the 21st CenturyChapter 2: Substance, Energy and Information FlowsChapter 3: Spirit, Consciousness and TranceChapter 4: Body, Movement and The SensesConclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2012
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-84520-801-3 / 1845208013
ISBN-13	978-1-84520-801-1 / 9781845208011
Zustand	Neuware