African American alternative medicine : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases / Eric J. Bailey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Annotation 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.

Annotation The author examines past and present traditional healthcare practices among African Americans from a research-based perspective. A cultural-historical review of the traditional African American alternative healthcare practices provides the framework for understanding current African American ethnomedical practices. New data from a variety of African American alternative health practitioners serving the community share their perspectives.

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