African American alternative medicine
Subtitle: using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases
By: Eric J. Bailey
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: African Americans -- Health and hygiene; Alternative medicine; African Americans -- Diseases -- Alternative treatment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: The current status of alternative medicine. Alternative medicine in the United States; title: Mainstream American alternative medicine. Alternative medicine and African Americans. African American alternative medicine; title: 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; title: Cancer and alternative treatment therapies; title: Diabetes mellitus and alternative treatment therapies; title: Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) and alternative treatment therapies; title: Mental health and alternative treatment therapies; title: Conclusion: culture and alternative medicine