Health and illness : a cross-cultural encyclopedia
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Health and illness : a cross-cultural encyclopedia
（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
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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