Health and illness : a cross-cultural encyclopedia
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Bibliographic Information
Health and illness : a cross-cultural encyclopedia
(Encyclopedias of the human experience)
ABC-CLIO, c1997
Available at 9 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
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
Description and Table of Contents
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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