Traditional medicine : a global perspective /

"The World Health Organization has acknowledged that the majority of people living in developing countries continue to use traditional medicine. Increased levels of immigration and migration also mean that health professionals are more likely to come into contact with patients using them. Tradi...

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Other Authors: Kayne, Steven B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to traditional medicine / Steven Kayne
  • Traditional European folk medicine / Owen Davies
  • Aboriginal/traditional medicine in North America: a practical approach for practitioners / John K. Crellin
  • traditional medicine used by ethnic groups in the colombian Amazon tropical forest, south America / Blanca Margarita Vargas de Corredor and Ann Mitchell (Simpson)
  • Traditional medical practice in Africa / Gillian Scott
  • Traditional Chinese medicine / Steven Kayne and Tony Booker
  • Indian ayurvedic medicine / Steven Kayne
  • Japanese kampo medicine / Haruki Yamada
  • Korean medicine / Seon Ho Kim, Bong-Hyun Kim and Il-Moo Chang
  • Traditional medicines in the Pacific / Rosemary Beresford
  • Traditional Jewish medicine / Kenneth Collins.