Healing Traditions: Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions

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Healing Traditions University of Pennsylvania Press Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving Joan E. Lynaugh, General Editor A complete listing of the books in this series is available from the publisher Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series Elaine Lawless, General Editor Healing Traditions Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions Bonnie Blair O'Connor PENN University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia Copyright © 1995 by Bonnie Blair O'Connor All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4011 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data O'Connor, Bonnie Blair. Healing traditions: alternative medicine and the health professions / Bonnie Blair O'Connor. p. cm. — (Studies in health, illness, and caregiving) (Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8122-3184-8 (cloth). — ISBN 0-8122-1398-X (paper) 1. Alternative medicine—United States. 2. AIDS (Disease)— Alternative treatment—United States. 3. Hmong Americans— Medicine. I. Title. II. Series. III. Series: Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series. [DNLM: 1. Alternative Medicine. 2. Health Services Research—United States. WB 890 018h 1994] R733.036 1994 610—dc20 DNLM/DI.C for Library of Congress 94-32190 CIP For Malachi This page intentionally left blank ...