Born To It and Then Pushed Out of It Folk Healing in the New Complementary and Alternative Medicine Marketplace

Folk healers face considerable challenges in the British marketplace of healing. In many ways they could be said to be the poor cousins of other healers who have come to be known as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners and many of whom are increasingly recognised by a range of...

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Published inFolk Healing and Health Care Practices In Britain and Ireland p. 201
Main Author Geraldine Lee-Treweek
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berghahn Books 15.06.2010
EditionNED - New edition, 1
Subjects
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Biology
Clergy
Communities
Complementary therapies
Criminal law
Criminal offenses
Cultural identity
Diseases
Education
Fraud
Group identity
Healers
Healing
Health sciences
Human populations
Human societies
Identity
Law
Medical conditions
Medical treatment
Mothers
Personality psychology
Persons
Physiological processes
Physiology
Population studies
Practical theology
Psychology
Religion
Social groups
Social psychology
Social sciences
Sociology
Specialized education
Spiritual leaders
Theology
Training
Women
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Summary:Folk healers face considerable challenges in the British marketplace of healing. In many ways they could be said to be the poor cousins of other healers who have come to be known as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners and many of whom are increasingly recognised by a range of professional groups and society at large. Folk healers, however, remain in the shadows of communities and yet, if we are to believe their accounts, fulfil important health and well-being roles for some people. These marginalised healers do not have the market position of their CAM counterparts. Often shunning certificated training
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