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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
176 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/2002
List Price: $86.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
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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