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

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Bailey, Eric J., 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, ©2002.
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Table of 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.