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African American alternative medicine [[electronic resource] ] : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases / / Eric J. Bailey
| African American alternative medicine [[electronic resource] ] : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases / / Eric J. Bailey |
| Autore | Bailey Eric J. <1958-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Bergin & Garvey, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (162 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.5/089/96073 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Health and hygiene
Alternative medicine African Americans - Diseases - Alternative treatment |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-92787-9
9786610927876 0-313-01285-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456244503321 |
Bailey Eric J. <1958->
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| Westport, Conn., : Bergin & Garvey, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African American alternative medicine [[electronic resource] ] : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases / / Eric J. Bailey
| African American alternative medicine [[electronic resource] ] : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases / / Eric J. Bailey |
| Autore | Bailey Eric J. <1958-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Bergin & Garvey, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (162 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.5/089/96073 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Health and hygiene
Alternative medicine African Americans - Diseases - Alternative treatment |
| ISBN |
1-280-92787-9
9786610927876 0-313-01285-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780350403321 |
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Bailey Eric J. <1958->
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| Westport, Conn., : Bergin & Garvey, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African American alternative medicine : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases / / Eric J. Bailey
| African American alternative medicine : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases / / Eric J. Bailey |
| Autore | Bailey Eric J. <1958-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (162 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.5/089/96073 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Health and hygiene
Alternative medicine - United States African Americans - Diseases Chronic diseases - Alternative treatment |
| ISBN |
9798400607493
9786610927876 9781280927874 1280927879 9780313012853 0313012857 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- African American Alternative Medicine -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I The Current Status of Alternative Medicine -- Chapter 1 Alternative Medicine in the United States -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Americans' Use of Alternative Treatment Therapies -- African Americans' Use of Alternative Treatment Therapies -- GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST IN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- Research -- Research Training -- Communications -- MY RESEARCH INTEREST IN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- CONCLUSION -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Chapter 2 Mainstream American Alternative Medicine -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM -- RECENT STUDIES ON MAINSTREAM ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE -- MAINSTREAM AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL SYSTEMS -- Acupuncture -- Homeopathy -- Ayurvedic Medicine -- Naturopathy -- Chiropractic Therapy -- Herbal Medicine -- CONCLUSION -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Part II Alternative Medicine and African Americans -- Chapter 3 African American Alternative Medicine -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- RECENT STUDIES OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND AFRICAN AMERICANS -- REASONS FOR THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- Illness/Disease Perception -- Alternative Treatment Actions: Naturalistic Causation -- Self-Care -- Caregiving Network -- Alternative Indigenous Health Practitioners -- Formal Health Practitioners -- Alternative Treatment Actions: Unnatural Causation -- CONCLUSION -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Chapter 4 Cultural Historical Review of African American Alternative Medicine -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE.
African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina -- African Americans in Detroit, Michigan -- CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- CONCLUSION -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Part III How to Do Applied Medical Anthropological Fieldwork -- Chapter 5 Strategies for Collecting Qualitative Alternative Medicine Data -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PREPARING AND ADAPTING TO THE FIELD -- MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELDWORK TECHNIQUES -- Observation -- Participant Observation -- Informants -- Type of Interviews -- Focus Group Interviews -- Focus Group Studies -- Focus Group Procedures and Guidelines -- Preparing for the Focus Group -- Conducting the Focus Group -- Individual In-Depth Profiles -- Procedure for Individual In-Depth Profiles -- Types of General Individual In-Depth Questions -- Sampling -- Ethnographic Fieldwork Data Analyses -- Quantitative Analyses -- Qualitative Analyses -- Ethnographic Method -- Life History Analyses -- Individual In-Depth Analyses -- Theme and Pattern Analyses -- Reflective Comments -- ETHICS OF HEALTH CARE RESEARCH: PERSON OF COLOR ISSUES -- CONCLUSION -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Part IV Disease-Focused Alternative Treatment Practices: Research Including African Americans -- Chapter 6 Hypertension and Alternative Treatment Therapies -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION -- CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF HYPERTENSION -- CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR HYPERTENSION -- Diuretics -- Beta Blockers -- ACE Inhibitors -- Angiotensin Antagonists -- Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs) -- Alpha Blockers -- Alpha-Beta Blockers -- Nervous System Inhibitors -- Vasodilators -- CLINICAL TESTING OF AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY. IMPLEMENTATION OF A CULTURALLY ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Chapter 7 Cancer and Alternative Treatment Therapies -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANCER -- CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF CANCER -- CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR CANCER -- Cyrosurgery -- Chemotherapy -- Radiotherapy -- Other Treatment Methods -- Angiogenesis Inhibitors -- Laser Therapy -- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem -- Gene Therapy -- Cancer Vaccine -- CLINICAL TESTING OF AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT REGIMEN -- IMPLEMENTATION OF A CULTURALLY ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Chapter 8 Diabetes Mellitus and Alternative Treatment Therapies -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DIABETES MELLITUS -- CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS -- CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR DIABETES MELLITUS -- CLINICAL TESTING OF AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT REGIMEN -- IMPLEMENTATION OF A CULTURALLY ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Chapter 9 Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) and Alternative Treatment Therapies -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES -- CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF STROKE -- Theme 1: Discovering Stroke -- Theme 2: Delaying Treatment -- Theme 3: Living with Uncertainty -- Theme 4: Discovering the Impact of Stroke -- Theme 5: Reconstructing Life -- CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR STROKE -- CLINICAL TESTING OF AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT REGIMEN -- IMPLEMENTATION OF A CULTURALLY ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY. POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Chapter 10 Mental Health and Alternative Treatment Therapies -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH -- CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH -- CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS -- CLINICAL TESTING OF AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT REGIMEN -- IMPLEMENTATION OF A CULTURALLY ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Chapter 11 Conclusion: Culture and Alternative Medicine -- CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CULTURE AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND AFRICAN AMERICANS -- Mainstream Society and Alternative Medicine -- Defining African American Alternative Medicine -- AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH CARE-SEEKING -- Improving Health Status and Reducing Health Disparity -- Cultural Perception and Cultural Acceptance -- CONCLUSION -- POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE -- Index -- About the Author. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953451703321 |
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Bailey Eric J. <1958->
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| Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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