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"i Choose Life": Contemporary Medical and Religious Practices in the Navajo World
Contributor(s): Schwarz, Maureen T. (Author)

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ISBN: 0806139617     ISBN-13: 9780806139616
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
OUR PRICE: $28.30  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2018
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Annotation: How Navajos navigate the complex world of medicine

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Medical
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 610.899
LCCN: 2008002278
Series: New Directions in Native American Studies
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (1.15 lbs) 380 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 67
Multicultural Review 07/01/2009 pg. 68
Choice 10/01/2009
 
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How Navajos navigate the complex world of medicine

Surgery, blood transfusions, CPR, and organ transplantation are common biomedical procedures for treating trauma and disease. But for Navajo Indians, these treatments can conflict with their traditional understanding of health and well-being. This book investigates how Navajos navigate their medically and religiously pluralistic world while coping with illness. Focusing on Navajo attitudes toward invasive procedures, Maureen Trudelle Schwarz reveals the ideological conflicts experienced by Navajo patients and the reasons behind the choices they make to promote their own health and healing.

Schwarz has conducted extensive interviews with patients, traditional herbalists and ceremonial practitioners, and members of Native American Church and Christian denominations to reveal the variety of perspectives toward biomedicine that prevail on the reservation and to show how each group within the tribe copes with health-related issues. She describes how Navajos interpret numerous health issues in terms of local understanding, drawing on both their own and biomedical or Christian traditions. She also provides insight into how Navajos use ceremonial practice and prayer to deal with the consequences of amputation or transplantation.


Contributor Bio(s): Schwarz, Maureen Trudelle: -

Maureen Trudelle Schwarz is Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Her previous publications include Blood and Voice: Navajo Women Ceremonial Practitioners; Navajo Lifeways: Contemporary Issues, Ancient Knowledge; and Molded in the Image of Changing Woman: Navajo Views on the Human Body and Personhood.


 
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