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Ethnomedicine and Tribal Healing Practices in India : Challenges and Possibilities of Recognition and Integration, Hardback Book

Ethnomedicine and Tribal Healing Practices in India : Challenges and Possibilities of Recognition and Integration Hardback

Edited by Sunita Reddy, Nemthianngai Guite, Bamdev Subedi

Part of the People, Cultures and Societies: Exploring and Documenting Diversities series

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This book examines various aspects of ethnomedicine and tribal healing practices, including its importance for inclusion and integration from a health systems perspective.

Tribal healing practices is an under-studied component in healthcare system, health policy and health systems research.

The book consists of original research papers based on empirical studies done by anthropologists, sociologists, public health practitioners and research scientists in various parts of India.

It discusses issues of non-codified folk healing, with a focus on the therapeutic ideas and practices of tribal communities, located in anthropological theory and methods.

It has a balance of empirical papers, review and theoretical papers,  not only explaining ‘what is inside the healing practices’ but also touching upon the question of ‘why’ and delving into ‘what should be’ looking into the possibility to apply it for a larger good i.e., health care for all.

This book discusses several important issues related to legitimacy, evidence and efficacy, recognition, certification and integration, protection and preservation, bio-piracy and bioprospecting, benefit sharing and intellectual property rights, sustainable use of medicinal herbs and conservation of nature and natural resources, biodiversity and possibilities of mainstreaming tribal healing.

It is of interest to students and researchers from medical anthropology, medical sociology, cultural geography, liberal studies, tribal studies, ecology, sustainability and development and public health.

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