The healer as a hero and the ritual path
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https://doi.org/10.5020/23180714.2005.20.1.%25pAbstract
This article aims to promote an anthropological discussion about healing process within complementary and alternative medicine. Healing features, multiple abilities and professional training are presented as main characteristics concerning on alternative practitioners. Therapeutic route is highlighted as the process in which a personal transformation takes place. It also means a set of ritual frames through which the healer is supposed to be a hero, dealing with disease and achieving their own cure. Keywords: Complementary and alternative medicine. Healing process. Alternative practitioner.Downloads
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2010-02-02
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de Andrade, J. T. (2010). The healer as a hero and the ritual path. Revista De Humanidades, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.5020/23180714.2005.20.1.%p
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