African American Alternative Medicine

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African American Alternative Medicine Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and Control Chronic Diseases

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Eric J. Bailey

ISBN: 0-89789-747-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-747-1

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176 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 8/30/2002

List Price: $86.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: 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.

Table of Contents:

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

About the Author: ERIC J. BAILEY is Medical Anthropologist with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He is the author of Medical Anthropology and African American Health, (Bergin & Garvey, 2000).

LCC Class: 615


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