Eric J. Bailey

African American Alternative Medicine (eBook, PDF)

Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and Control Chronic Diseases

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In order to examine the importance of alternative medicine to the African American population, this book focuses on the African American health belief system and the treatment strategies often used and documented. This book includes a cultural-historical view of alternative medicine's use within the African American community and shows how it was an integral part of African American culture. The author highlights a number of studies that examine alternative and complementary therapies associated with specific diseases among African Americans. Case studies are presented to show the types of alternative and complementary medicines used for specific diseases and to determine whether the alternative and complementary therapy was effective or not. Moreover, the cultural perceptions of the specific disease are presented to provide reasons why African Americans tend to use the particular alternative and complementary medical therapy for the disease. The book serves as a resource guide for students, healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313012853
• Artikelnr.: 68528351

Autorenporträt

Eric J. Bailey, PhD, is professor of anthropology and public health at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Current Status of Alternative Medicine Alternative Medicine in
the United States Mainstream American Alternative Medicine Alternative
Medicine and African Americans African American Alternative Medicine
Cultural Historical Review of African American Alternative Medicine How to
Do Applied Medical Anthropological Fieldwork Strategies for Collecting
Qualitative Alternative Medicine Data Disease-Focused Alternative Treatment
Practices: Research Including African Americans Hypertension and
Alternative Treatment Therapies Cancer and Alternative Treatment Therapies
Diabetes Mellitus and Alternative Treatment Therapies Cerebrovascular
Disease (Stroke) and Alternative Treatment Therapies Mental Health and
Alternative Treatment Therapies Conclusion: Culture and Alternative
Medicine Index