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1 online resource |
| Series |
Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series ; volume 17 |
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Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series (Brill Academic Publishers) ; v. 17.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Part 1; Naturopathy in Theory; Introduction to Part 1; Chapter 1; Ambiguities: From the Evil in Baby Oil to Yogic Randomized Controlled Trials; 1 Floating Through Time and Across Space: Naturopathic Theories and Practices; 2 Medical Pluralism and Epistemologies; 3 Professional Alternatives: Institutionalized Non-Naturopathic Health Care in India; 4 The Institutionalization and Professionalization of the ayush Systems of Medicine; 5 The Embodiment of Naturopathic Experience: Some Notes on Methodology; 6 Outline of Chapters |
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Chapter 2The Embodiment of Resistance: (Dis)continuities in Indian Naturopathy; 1 The Biopolitics of Colonialism and Medicine in India; 2 Disseminating Naturopathic Knowledge in India; 3 Brothers in Arms: German Pioneers; 4 Yoga as the Fifth Element? Contemporary Adaptations; 5 Conclusion; Part 2; Naturopathy in Practice; Introduction to Part 2; Chapter 3; Evidence versus Experience: Two Streams of Naturopathy in South India; 1 Science in the Making; 2 "Come a Patient, Return a Doctor"; 3 Sudden Crisis of Naturopathy: Registration Politics; 4 Conclusion; Chapter 4 |
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Naturopathic Spaces: On Nutrition, Substances and Psychological Integration1 Gandhiji Naturopathy Hospital, Thrissur; 2 Nature Life Hospital, Kozhikode; 3 Three Methods of Treatment; 4 Conclusion; Chapter 5; Naturopathic Actors: Between Ideology and Practice; 1 How to Become a Naturopathic Doctor; 2 Being Private -- Being a Naturopathic Doctor; 3 People from the Village: Treatment Assistants and Other Associates; 4 The Social Stratification of Naturopathic Hospitals; 5 Conclusion; Chapter 6; The Logic of Labeling: Diagnostics and Naturopathy; 1 Health-Seeking Behavior in South India |
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2 Allopathic Diagnostics and Naturopathic Treatment3 Dodging the Stigma of Mental Illness: A Female Occurrence; 4 Conclusion; Chapter 7; The Efforts of Freedom: Patients' Role in Achieving Medical Independence; 1 Medical Biographies in Naturopathic Treatment; 2 "Better off" Patients; 3 "No Other Option" Patients; 4 Going On and Off Treatment; 5 "My Peace is So Wonderful"; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 8; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In Naturopathy in South India - Clinics between Professionalization and Empowerment , Eva Jansen offers a rich ethnographic account of current naturopathic thinking and practices, and examines its complex history, multiple interpretations, and antagonisms. This book presents two major forms of Naturopathy in contemporary South India: On one side, a scientific, professional branch models themselves after allopathic practitioners. On the other side, a group of ideologists uses an approach to patient treatment that is grounded in the principles of simplicity, transparency, a critique of globalization, and a focus on patient empowerment. Jansen discusses the current political and medical clash between Naturopaths in South India from the perspectives of practitioners, employees, the media and patients |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Naturopathy -- India, South
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Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- India, South
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Naturopathy.
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Medicinal plants.
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Botany, Medical.
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Naturopathy
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Herbal Medicine
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Plants, Medicinal
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Medicinal plants
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Botany, Medical
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Herbs -- Therapeutic use
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Naturopathy
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Naturheilkunde
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| SUBJECT |
India |
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South India
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Indien -- Süd
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016026597 |
| ISBN |
9789004325104 |
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9004325107 |
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