Book ID: CBB023707480

Indigenous Medicine Among the Bedouin in the Middle East (2015)

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Abu-Rabia, Aref (Author)


Berghahn Books


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: 232 pp.
Language: English

Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes in the course of rapid urbanization and education, but when serious illnesses strike, particularly in the case of incurable diseases, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Over the course of 30 years, the author gathered data on traditional Bedouin medicine among pastoral-nomadic, semi-nomadic, and settled tribes. Based on interviews with healers, clients, and other active participants in treatments, this book will contribute to renewed thinking about a synthesis between traditional and modern medicine ― to their reciprocal enrichment.

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Review Adam Guerin (2017) Review of "Indigenous Medicine Among the Bedouin in the Middle East". Social History of Medicine (pp. 708-709). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Flint, Karen E.
Digby, Anne
Julie Laplante
Mollmann, Bradley J.
Yongyuan Huang
Dent, Rosanna
Concepts
Medicine, traditional
Medicine, modern
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Healers
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
16th century
Early modern
20th century, late
Places
Africa
South Africa
Korea
India
Himalayan Mountains (Nepal)
Guatemala
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
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