Spiritualist Healers in Mexico: Successes and Failures of Alternative Therapeutics - Hardcover

Kaja Finkler

9780030639128: Spiritualist Healers in Mexico: Successes and Failures of Alternative Therapeutics

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0030639123 ISBN 13: 9780030639128

Publisher: Praeger Publishers, 1984

"Finkler has done a fine job of portraying this many-sided social reality, taking us on a fascinating journey of various states of illness, health, and faith in a local Mexican setting." Contemporary Sociology "A richly documented case study of client complaints, treatment procedures, and outcomes in an alternative healing system--Spiritualism as practiced in a southern region of Hidalgo State, Mexico." American Anthropologist

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From the Publisher:

There has been a surge of interest in alternative healing in the United States as evidenced by the National Institutes of Health's opening the Office of Alternative Medicine in 1993 to promote studies of alternative medical practices and their efficacy. Sheffield is pleased to offer this text for adoption consideration in courses at the college level in medical anthropology.

From the Author:

This work identifies not only the culture-bound syndromes that are usually regarded as the domain of traditional healers, but also the specific symptomatologies for which patients seek treatment from the healers. Moreover, we learn about different kinds of patients seeking treatments from traditional healers, disclosing the often overlooked tact that traditional healers do not treat and undifferentiated mass of the "folk." While my concern at the time was with issues relating to the healing process and efficacy of traditional healing, the book reveals the important role women play in alternative healing.

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