Medicine women, curanderas, and women doctors /
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| Author / Creator: | Perrone, Bobette, 1927- |
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| Imprint: | Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1989. |
| Description: | xix, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/998468 |
| Summary: | Portraits of 10 women healers working in native American, Hispanic, and AMA traditions. Based primarily on interviews with the subjects. Compares the differences and similarities of philosophical approach, spiritual and emotional elements, techniques, and relationships to patients and communities. An advocacy for "alternative" medicine rather than a rigorous scientific study. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0806122005 |