Indigenous medicine among the Bedouin in the Middle East / / Aref Abu-Rabia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820333703321
• Autore: Abu-Rabia Aref
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-78238-690-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.8/80899272
• Soggetti: Bedouins - Medicine; Traditional medicine - Arab countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Indigenous Medicine among the Bedouin in the Middle East; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Health and Health Services among the Bedouin in the Middle East; Chapter 2. The Treatment of Human Ailments; Chapter 3. General Treatments; Chapter 4. "Don't Touch My Body"; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.