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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Eric J., 1958-

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Health and hygiene.

African Americans.

Alternative medicine.

African Americans--Diseases--Alternative treatment.

African Americans--Diseases.

Physical Description:

viii, 158 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2002.

Summary:

An introduction to the field of African American alternative medicine, highlighting African American traditional healthcare practices, new qualitative fieldwork data from African American alternative health practitioners, and specific cultural ethnomedical strategies for the African American population.

Contents:

Part I. The Current Status of Alternative Medicine 1

1 Alternative Medicine in the United States 3

2 Mainstream American Alternative Medicine 15

Part II. Alternative Medicine and African Americans 31

3 African American Alternative Medicine 33

4 Cultural Historical Review of African American Alternative Medicine 51

Part III. How to Do Applied Medical Anthropological Fieldwork 61

5 Strategies for Collecting Qualitative Alternative Medicine Data 63

Part IV. Disease-Focused Alternative Treatment Practices: Research Including African Americans 85

6 Hypertension and Alternative Treatment Therapies 87

7 Cancer and Alternative Treatment Therapies 99

8 Diabetes Mellitus and Alternative Treatment Therapies 111

9 Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) and Alternative Treatment Therapies 121

10 Mental Health and Alternative Treatment Therapies 133

11 Conclusion: Culture and Alternative Medicine 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0897897471

OCLC:

49415665