Health and illness : a cross-cultural encyclopedia

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Health and illness : a cross-cultural encyclopedia

David Levinson, Laura Gaccione

(Encyclopedias of the human experience)

ABC-CLIO, c1997

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Bibliography: p. 229-239

Includes index

Summary: Offers information on a variety of health-related topics, from acupuncture and faith healing to reflexology and yoga, emphasizing traditional and alternative approaches

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Table of Contents

  • Acupuncture
  • ageing and old age
  • alcohol and drugs
  • alternative and complementary medicine
  • amthroposophical medicine
  • aromatherapy
  • astrological healing
  • ayurvedic medicine
  • biomedicine
  • bodywork
  • Chinese medicine
  • chiropractic medicine
  • Christian science
  • culture-bound syndrome
  • death
  • diet and nutrition
  • disabilities
  • energetic and magnetic healing
  • environmental disasters
  • faith healing
  • famine
  • genital mutilation
  • healers
  • health care systems
  • herbal medicine
  • holistic health and healing
  • homeopathic medicine
  • humoral medicine
  • magnet therapy
  • meditation
  • mind/body healing
  • natural healing
  • pain
  • plagues and infectious diseases
  • reflexology
  • reiki
  • suicide
  • theories of illness
  • wife beating
  • yoga.

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