Curandero Conversations: El Ni Fidencio, Shamanism and Healing Traditions of the Borderlands (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781449000899)

Curandero Conversations offers something for everyone. Following an introduction by renowned Native American healer and author, Jamie Sams, the book examines 190 actual email-based consultations with the curandero, followed by the anthropologist's commentary. The book also offers three major appendices including information for understanding cultural competencies in the delivery of health care, Internet resource links for continued study, and the most complete medicinal plant herbal used by curanderos/as on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Author: Antonio Zavaleta, Alberto Jr. Salinas
ISBN-10: 1449000894
ISBN-13: 9781449000899
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2009
Pages: 484
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d