Culture, Religion, and Ethnomedicine: The Tibetan Diaspora in India

by Igor Pietkiewicz

Culture, Religion, and Ethnomedicine discusses various interdependencies between culture, religion, and health with a concentration on Tibetan culture. Igor Pietkiewicz uses an example of the Tibetans in exile to explain how culture affects illness behavior, including perception of sickness and treatment methods, as well as the choice of an appropriate cure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761841342
• ISBN13: 9780761841340
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"