num_pages: 664
description: Planet Medicine is a major work by an anthropologist who looks at medicine in a broad context. In this edition, additions to this classic text include a section on Reiki, a comparison of types of palpation used in healing, updates on craniosacral therapy, and a means of understanding how different alternative medicines actually work. Illustrated throughout, this is the standard on the history, philosophy, and anthropology of this subject.
language: English
title: Planet Medicine: Origins, Revised Edition
titlecomplete: Planet Medicine: Origins, Revised Edition
genres: Anthropology, Psychology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 12
publisher: North Atlantic Books