Ola: Traditional Concepts of Health and Healing

by Malcolm Naea Chun

Health is a primary concern among Native Hawaiians. Despite the fact that early foreign accounts record the good health of the native population and the state of Hawai'i is called the "healthy state," Native Hawaiians top the statistical data for modern diseases and chronic illness. Many have written and commented about this situation, and in Ola, Malcolm Naea Chun brings together the writings of early Native Hawaiian scholars and the eyewitness accounts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158351046X
• ISBN13: 9781583510469
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: University of Hawaii
• Length: 39 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.