1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910904000003321

Autore

Hendrickson Brett

Titolo

Border Medicine : A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo / / Brett Hendrickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

9781479843015

1479843016

9781479861293

1479861294

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

North American Religions ; ; 10

Classificazione

REL000000MED039000HIS024000

Disciplina

973.046872

Soggetti

HISTORY / Latin America / General

MEDICAL / History

RELIGION / General

Healing - Mexican-American Border Region

Traditional medicine - Mexican-American Border Region

Mexican Americans - Religion

Mexican Americans - Medicine

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Hybrid Healing in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region -- 2. American Metaphysical Religion and the West -- 3. Curanderismo in the United States -- 4. Channels of Healing -- 5. Mexican American Healing and the American Spiritual Marketplace -- 6. Reclaiming the Past and Redefining the Present -- 7. Curanderismo as Transcultural Religious Healing Tradition -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

MexicanAmerican folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-U.S.border region for centuries. A hybrid tradition made up primarily of indigenousand Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and notions of



the self, curanderismo treats the sick person witha variety of healing modalities including herbal remedies, intercessory prayer,body massage, and energy manipulation. Curanderos,“healers,” embrace a holistic understanding of the patient, including body,soul, and community.Border Medicine examines the ongoingevolution of Mexican American religious healing from the end of the nineteenthcentury to the present. Illuminating the ways in which curanderismo has had an impact not only on the health and cultureof the borderlands but also far beyond, the book tracks its expansion from MexicanAmerican communities to Anglo and multiethnic contexts. While many healers treat Mexican and MexicanAmerican clientele, a significant number of curanderoshave worked with patients from other ethnic groups as well, especially thoseinvolved in North American metaphysical religions like spiritualism, mesmerism,New Thought, New Age, and energy-based alternative medicines. Hendricksonexplores this point of contact as an experience of transcultural exchange.Drawingon historical archives, colonial-era medical texts and accounts, earlyethnographies of the region, newspaper articles, memoirs, and contemporaryhealing guidebooks as well as interviews with contemporary healers, Border Medicine demonstrates the notableand ongoing influence of Mexican Americans on cultural and religious practicesin the United States, especially in the American West.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255190803321

Autore

Shaikh Owais H

Titolo

Access to Medicine Versus Test Data Exclusivity : Safeguarding Flexibilities Under International Law / / by Owais H. Shaikh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-662-49655-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 256 p. 78 illus., 56 illus. in color.)

Collana

Munich Studies on Innovation and Competition, , 2199-7470 ; ; 4

Disciplina

340.9

Soggetti

Information technology - Law and legislation

Mass media - Law and legislation

Conflict of laws

International law

Comparative law

Trade regulation

Law and economics

IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property

Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law

International Economic Law, Trade Law

Law and Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Test Data Exclusivity: Raison d'être -- Test Data Exclusivity and Art 39(3) TRIPS -- Test Data Exclusivity in the US and the EU -- Index of Data Exclusivity and Access (IDEAS) - Free Trade Agreements -- Index of Data Exclusivity and Access (IDEAS) - National Laws -- Test Data Exclusivity in FTAs and Access to Originator Pharmaceuticals -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the concept of test data exclusivity protection for pharmaceuticals. Focusing on Art 39(3) of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) and relevant provisions in selected free trade agreements (FTA) and national laws, it combines normative, historical, comparative and



economic analysis of test data exclusivity protection. At the heart of this book is the novel and original Index of Data Exclusivity and Access (IDEAS), which analyzes the effectiveness of test data exclusivity provisions in FTAs and national laws both on the strength of exclusivity as well as on access to medicine. IDEAS provides a framework for the assessment of current test data exclusivity protection standards on the basis of their proximity to Article 39(3) of the TRIPS Agreement, the scope of exclusivity and the flexibilities in FTAs, and subsequently in national laws. This book aims to broaden national and international policy makers’ grasp of the various nuances of test data exclusivity protection. Furthermore, it provides practical recommendations with regard to designing an appropriate legal system with a strong focus on promoting access to medicine for all.