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245 13 a| An imperative to cureh| [electronic resource] :b| principles and practice of Qʼeqchiʼ Maya medicine in Belize /c| James B. Waldram.;

260 a| Albuquerque :b| University of New Mexico Press,c| 2020.;

300 a| xvi, 271 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index.;

505 0 a| Empiricism, materialism, and indigenous medicine -- Maya medicine, medical ethnography, and the research context -- General principles of Qʼeqchiʼ medicine -- Sickness and nosology -- The diagnostic process -- The clinical context of treatment -- Principle and practice in Qʼeqchiʼ medicine.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "James B. Waldram's groundbreaking study, an imperative to cure: principles and practice of Qʼeqchiʼ Maya medicine in Belize, explores how our understanding of indigenous therapeutics changes if we view them as forms of "medicine" instead of "healing." Bringing an innovative methodological approach based on fifteen years of ethnographic research, Waldram argues that Qʼeqchiʼ medical practitioners access an extensive body of empirical knowledge and personal clinical experience to diagnose, treat, and cure patients according to a coherent ontology and set of therapeutic principles. Not content to leave the elements of Qʼeqchiʼ cosmovision to the realm of the imaginary and beyond human reach, Qʼeqchiʼ practitioners conceptualize the world as essentially material and meta/material, consisting of complex but knowable forces that impact health and well-being in real and meaningful ways-forces with which Qʼeqchiʼ practitioners must engage to cure their patients"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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An imperative to cure principles and practice of Qʼeqchiʼ Maya medicine in Belize / James B. Waldram.

Author/creator	Waldram, James B.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2020.
Description	xvi, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Kekchi Indians--Medicine. Kekchi Indians--Health and hygiene. Traditional medicine--Belize.

Contents	Empiricism, materialism, and indigenous medicine -- Maya medicine, medical ethnography, and the research context -- General principles of Qʼeqchiʼ medicine -- Sickness and nosology -- The diagnostic process -- The clinical context of treatment -- Principle and practice in Qʼeqchiʼ medicine.
Abstract	"James B. Waldram's groundbreaking study, an imperative to cure: principles and practice of Qʼeqchiʼ Maya medicine in Belize, explores how our understanding of indigenous therapeutics changes if we view them as forms of "medicine" instead of "healing." Bringing an innovative methodological approach based on fifteen years of ethnographic research, Waldram argues that Qʼeqchiʼ medical practitioners access an extensive body of empirical knowledge and personal clinical experience to diagnose, treat, and cure patients according to a coherent ontology and set of therapeutic principles. Not content to leave the elements of Qʼeqchiʼ cosmovision to the realm of the imaginary and beyond human reach, Qʼeqchiʼ practitioners conceptualize the world as essentially material and meta/material, consisting of complex but knowable forces that impact health and well-being in real and meaningful ways-forces with which Qʼeqchiʼ practitioners must engage to cure their patients"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020015343
ISBN	9780826361738 (cloth)
ISBN	0826361730 (cloth)
ISBN	(ebook)

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