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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Alternative Medicine in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Conflicting Interests Pertaining to the Rise of Integrative Medicine | |
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| What Distinguishes an Anthropological Approach to Alternative Healing? | |
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| Dominant Themes and Organization of the Book | |
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| Anthropology and the Human Journey | |
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| Healing Power and Agency | |
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| What are Cultural Constructions and Why Does It Matter to Health Care? | |
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| A Bird's Eye Overview of Core Concepts in Medical Anthropology | |
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| Curing or Healing? | |
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| Biomedicine and Traditional Medicine | |
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| Plural Healing in the Global Age: Intersections of Meaning and Power | |
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| Current Practice: Helminths Return as Promising New Drugs | |
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| Substance, Energy, and Information Flows | |
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| From the Flow of Rumors to Exposing the Global Traffic in Organs and Tissues | |
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| Duality of Water: Vitality and Contamination | |
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| Current Practice: Homeopathy | |
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| Energy, Life-Force, and the Powers of the Sun | |
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| Nourishment and Healing | |
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| The American Health Foods Movement in the Early Twentieth Century | |
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| Rising Trend: Alternative Consumption Movements in the Developed World | |
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| Humoral Medical Traditions, Foods, and Herbs | |
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| Case Study: ELTA Universitate-Natural Foods, Anesthesia, and Social Renewal | |
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| Of Information and the Triadic Approach | |
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| Energy, Dowsing, and Information | |
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| Spirit, Consciousness, and Trance | |
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| Altered States, Bodies, and Souls | |
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| Shamanic Consciousness and Symbolic Healing | |
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| Hypnosis, Spirit(s), and Healing | |
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| Current Practice: Rediscovering Hesychasm and the Prayer of the Heart | |
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| Rising Trend: Healing Addictions with ASCs and Hallucinogens | |
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| Faith Healing and Pilgrimage | |
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| Ayurveda and Mental Illness | |
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| Body, Movement, and the Senses | |
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| The Anthropology of Sensations and the Multidimensionality of Healing Work | |
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| Smell and Taste | |
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| Tactile Experiences | |
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| Rhythm, Movement, and Music as Life | |
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| Case Study: Becoming Radiant-Real Reiki in Postsocialist Romania | |
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| Ascent into the Future: Aromatherapy, Art, and Science, Ancient and Modern | |
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| Current Practice: Medical Aromatherapy | |
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| Polythetic Medicine | |
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| Conclusion: Looking into the Future of Alternative Medicine | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |