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

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An introduction to the field of African American alternative medicine, highlighting African American traditional healthcare practices, new qualitative fieldwork data from African American alternative health practitioners, and specific cultural ethnomedical strategies for the African American population.

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ISBN-13:	9780313012853
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/30/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	333 KB

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Eric J. Bailey, PhD, is professor of anthropology and public health at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

	Preface	vii
	Acknowledgments	ix
Part I.	The Current Status of Alternative Medicine	1
1	Alternative Medicine in the United States	3
2	Mainstream American Alternative Medicine	15
Part II.	Alternative Medicine and African Americans	31
3	African American Alternative Medicine	33
4	Cultural Historical Review of African American Alternative Medicine	51
Part III.	How to Do Applied Medical Anthropological Fieldwork	61
5	Strategies for Collecting Qualitative Alternative Medicine Data	63
Part IV.	Disease-Focused Alternative Treatment Practices: Research Including African Americans	85
6	Hypertension and Alternative Treatment Therapies	87
7	Cancer and Alternative Treatment Therapies	99
8	Diabetes Mellitus and Alternative Treatment Therapies	111
9	Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) and Alternative Treatment Therapies	121
10	Mental Health and Alternative Treatment Therapies	133
11	Conclusion: Culture and Alternative Medicine	145
	Index	153

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Bailey (a medical anthropologist with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) examines African American alternative and complementary medical therapies from a clinical and cultural relativistic perspective. He argues that for the purposes of public policy and public dialogue, alternative medicine needs to be recognized for its potential to improve public health. He reviews the major alternative medical systems, their origins, and the way these systems have historically been used and are currently used within the health belief systems of African Americans. The ability of alternative medicines to prevent and reduce the damage of hypertension, cancer, diabetes mellitus, stroke, and mental health disabilities is reviewed; and finally the connection between culture and medicine is explored in the context of public health policy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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