Naturopathy in South India: Clinics Between Professionalization and Empowerment (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004324848)

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.

Author: Eva Jansen
ISBN-10: 9004324844
ISBN-13: 9789004324848
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2016
Pages: 194
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.60d