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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"health and healing"”.
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The body, health, and healing in alternative and integrated medicine: An ethnography of homeopathy in South London
… use of alternative medicines (AM) in the West and increasing integration into the health service, little research has been done on AM in the context in which it is practised, or over time to look at changing belief systems. This thesis provides an anthropologically informed analysis of one …
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Health and healing in mission work at the start of the twenty-first century: a biblical, historical and contemporary study
This thesis attempts to reassess health and healing in mission, afresh and relevantly, in view of the growing changes and complexities of globalization. The writer attempts to find out what is meant by health in the Bible, in the perspective of God’s mission and the mission of God’s people and, …
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In The Blood
… essays related to themes of belonging, identity, and expectation. As a nurse, working in a pediatric setting, some of the essays relate literally and specifically to blood, while others use the concept of blood as metaphor for who we are and where we come from. Part I is a series of observations …
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Peer support trumps drug cocktails: cultural views of treatment options for persons with bipolar and depressive disorders
… of a peer-support group for depression and bipolar disorder cognitively "model" their conditions in culture-particular ways. Specifically, I suggest that these patients embrace a particular clinical storytelling process that helps them to regulate their daily personal habits and bodily …
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A Change of Heart: Internal Narratives, Forgiveness & Health
… as a narrative, as a philosophical, religious and cultural phenomenon, and the ways in which forgiveness is increasingly being used as a vehicle for improving health and psychological well-being. By threading together how scholars in a variety of fields have approached these areas of study, we …
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Dynamics of kinship and the uncertainties of life: Spirit cults and healing management in northern Thailand
This thesis is about kinship, health and healing in a Northern Thai village. Although traditional spirit mediums and spirit cult observances in Chiang Mai city are in decline and have led to a breakdown of the matrilineal system, in the village of Baan Yang Luang in Mae Chaem district the belief in …
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Perceptions of mental illness in south-eastern Nigeria: causal beliefs, attitudes, help-seeking pathways and perceived barriers to help-seeking
To provide empirical basis for mental health interventions in the deprived sub-Saharan African region, this study explored the perspectives of the Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria on four dimensions of mental illness: causal beliefs, attitudes towards sufferers, preferred treatment pathways and …
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Disease and Illness in Medieval Ireland
… explores various aspects of the medical system, and illness/disease for the medieval period (5th-12th centuries) in Ireland. On examining three archival source-types (hagiographical material, annals, medico-legal law texts), it became clear that there were different perspectives on health and …
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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF REIKI PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF REIKI AS IT RELATES TO THEIR PERSONAL HEALTH
The purpose of this study was to understand the essence of becoming a Reiki practitioner and Reiki’s relationship to an individual’s personal health. The phenomenological research perspective utilized in this study allowed the data to speak for itself and represented the essence of Reiki and Reiki …
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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF REIKI PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF REIKI AS IT RELATES TO THEIR PERSONAL HEALTH
The purpose of this study was to understand the essence of becoming a Reiki practitioner and Reiki’s relationship to an individual’s personal health. The phenomenological research perspective utilized in this study allowed the data to speak for itself and represented the essence of Reiki and Reiki …
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Understanding factors affecting tendon healing: Characterising the role of obesity on tendon healing and homeostasis and augmenting its effects with growth factors
… is rising globally with an increasingly ageing and active population. Tears of rotator cuff tendons are common and result in substantial morbidity and healthcare costs. Recently, obesity has emerged as a key and potentially modifiable risk factor for impaired tendon healing. Aims: This thesis …
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Symptom Self-Management Across Settings Emphasizing Virtual Reality
… of nursing practice. Symptoms are of clinical and research importance because they are the most common reason for which individuals seek healthcare. Rapid innovations in technology have made it possible to deliver interventions to alleviate a number of symptoms, providing safe, non-invasive …
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'May God Cure You': Contemporary Egyptian Therapeutic Landscapes Between Qur'anic Healing And Psychiatry
… this dissertation investigates the constitution and the practice of a therapeutic technique known as Qur'anic healing (<em>al-'ilāj bi-l-qur'ān</em>). In contemporary Egypt, as throughout the Middle East, the past decades have witnessed the increased visibility and popularity of this revivalist, …
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Positive, Active, Older But Youthful Women & 'FitDance:' Uplifting Motivation and Adherence in Community Dance Exercise
… investigated active, older, but youthful, women and their participation in a community exercise program, FitDance. This dance-fitness fitness program began in 1991, in cooperation with the New Jersey Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Community Alliance, with a goal of lowering …
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Patient-Provider Encounter: The Contemporary Cameroonian Story
… recognize that cultural beliefs influence health and interactions about health. Within the African context, religious cultural beliefs constitute dynamic elements of the culture. My dissertation explains the influences of religion and culture on patient-provider interactions in Cameroon. My …
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Earth. Water. Sky. The Liminal Landscape of the Maya Sweatbath
This dissertation investigates the ancient healing tradition of the Maya sweatbath, its landscape, and rituals, which after three millennia is still practiced today among the contemporary Maya. Frequently overlooked because of its size, the ancient Maya sweatbath's location in ancient ceremonial …