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Author:

Bailey, Eric J., 1958-

Title:

African American alternative medicine : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases / Eric J. Bailey.

Publisher:

Bergin & Garvey,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

viii, 158 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Health and hygiene.
Alternative medicine--United States.
African Americans--Diseases.
Chronic diseases--Alternative treatment.
Chronic Disease.
BLacks.
Complementary Therapies.
Preventive Medicine

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780897897471 (alk. paper)
0897897471 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49415665

LCCN:

2002025203

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)