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Author : Wonda L. Fontenot
Release : 1987
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Book Synopsis Afro-American Folk Medicine and Practices in Rural Louisiana by : Wonda L. Fontenot
Download or read book Afro-American Folk Medicine and Practices in Rural Louisiana written by Wonda L. Fontenot. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 1994-08-23
Genre : Medical
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Book Synopsis Secret Doctors by : Bloomsbury Publishing
Download or read book Secret Doctors written by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1994-08-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an ethnographic study of the traditional medicine of African Americans in the rural southern United States, this work concentrates on the original Louisiana Territory, with its Native and African American indigenous traditions, and the French migration and Black Haitian freed and enslaved population influx during the 1700s and 1800s. Fontenot finds strong ties between rural Louisiana practices and Haitian and West African medicine. The ethnographer, a native of the region where she did her research, is respected among local practicing secret doctors and is able to give a unique insider's view. Aside from documenting a rare treasure of our American cultural diversity, this study has a wider purpose in the field of health practices and policy. The high cost of Western medicine, lack of access to quality care, and the patient-doctor ratio are areas of major national concern, and rural residents and people of color are recognized to be the most at-risk populations. The alternative health-care system presented here can strengthen mainstream medicine's understanding of such patient populations while preserving valuable knowledge of healing plants and culturally sensitive therapies.
Author : Wilbur Watson
Release : 1998-01-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Black Folk Medicine by : Wilbur Watson
Download or read book Black Folk Medicine written by Wilbur Watson. This book was released on 1998-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk medicine is an important informal and traditional system of social health care support that is still wisely used in many nations including rural regions of the southern United States. This volume provides new insight into the various conditions and structures that help to account for the development and persistence of folk medicine in societies. The authors focus on older, primarily female, black users of folk medicine; the problem of trust in folk and modern doctor-patient relationships; the need for communication and information exchange between folk and modern medical doctors; and a variety of social, cultural, and psychological factors related to drug misuse among the poor, the elderly, rural and uneducated consumers of health services.
Author : Wonda L. Fontenot
Release : 1990
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Book Synopsis Secret Doctoring by : Wonda L. Fontenot
Download or read book Secret Doctoring written by Wonda L. Fontenot. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herbert C. Covey
Release : 2008-09-09
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis African American Slave Medicine by : Herbert C. Covey
Download or read book African American Slave Medicine written by Herbert C. Covey. This book was released on 2008-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African-American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African-American slaves medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Drawing upon ex-slave interviews conducted during the 1930s and 1940s bythe Works Project Administration (WPA), Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal, plant, and non-plant remedies used by African-American folk practitioners during slavery. He demonstrates how active the slaves were in their own medical care and the important role faith played in the healing process. This book links each referenced plant or herb to modern scientific evidence to determine its actual worth and effects on the patients. Through his study, Dr. Covey unravels many of the complex social relationships found between the African-American slaves, Whites, folk practitioners, and patients. African-American Slave Medicine is a compelling and captivating read that will appeal to scholars of African-American history and those interestedin folk medicine.
