Type | Book |
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Author | Ismail Hussein Abdalla |
Series | Studies in African health and medicine |
Series Number | v. 6 |
Place | Lewiston |
Publisher | E. Mellen Press |
Date | 1997 |
ISBN | 0773486550 |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | R653.N6 A23 1997 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
The author of this text argues that, although the Islamic and the pre-Islamic Hausa medical systems have much in common, their theoretical and conceptual frameworks are different. They operate from different understandings of the causes of disease and misfortune, and of the appropriate methods to be employed to restore health or alleviate suffering. The book also discusses another significant difference between the Islamic and non-Islamic Hausa medical systems: the mode of preserving and communicating medical knowledge. The early history of Islamic medicine is also described, and its theories, concepts and historical developments are explored.
Type | Book |
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Author | Musa Ahmed |
Place | Sa'adu Zungur Kano |
Publisher | Triumph Pub. Co. Ltd. |
Date | 1998 |
ISBN | 9789781880506 |
Library Catalog | Open WorldCat |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Mohammad Al-Kassimi |
Publication | Clinical Medicine (London, England) |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 52-53 |
Date | 2003 Jan-Feb |
Journal Abbr | Clin Med |
ISSN | 1470-2118 |
Short Title | Cultural differences |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/12617415 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 2 13:45:14 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 12617415 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Tue Nov 15 11:43:08 2011 |
Islam and Muslims have been in the headlines recently for one reason or another. But the practice of medicine in an Islamic conservative country such as Saudi Arabia has not been adequately reported. Many questions about cultural differences in the practice of medicine have been directed at me by non-Muslim colleagues. Below, I have tried to answer some of them after practising at a university hospital in Saudi Arabia for the last 25 years.
Type | Book |
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Author | Agnes Gertrud Loeffler |
Series | International library of Iranian studies |
Series Number | 6 |
Place | London |
Publisher | Tauris Academic Studies |
Date | 2007 |
ISBN | 9781850439424 |
Short Title | Allopathy Goes Native |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | R632 .L64 2007 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Allopathy is often described as “western” medicine, the antithesis of homeopathy. Allopathy Goes Native is an ethnographic investigation of how allopathic knowledge, theories and practice guidelines come to be understood and applied by native practitioners in a non-western context. Based on research among allopathic doctors in Iran, Loeffler describes how the system of allopathic medicine has adapted to indigenous explanations of health and disease and to the economic, social and religio-political realities framing contemporary Iranian life and culture. This approach simultaneously problematizes the view of allopathic medicine as a “western” entity exerting a hegemonic influence over non-western cultures and provides a rare glimpse of the complexities of life in modern Iran denied most western scholars. It is an essential supplement to the current anthropological literature on Iran.
Type | Book |
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Author | Fazlur Rahman |
Series | Health/medicine and the faith traditions |
Place | New York |
Publisher | Crossroad |
Date | 1987 |
ISBN | 0824507975 |
Short Title | Health and Medicine in the Islamic Tradition |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | BP166.72 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
This is a pioneering attempt to portray the relationship of Islam as a system of faith and as a tradition to human health and health care. The author explores Wellness and Illness in the Islamic World view, the Religious Valuation of Medicine, The Prophetic Medicine, Medical Care, Medical Ethics and Passages.
Type | Book |
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Author | Manfred Ullmann |
Series | Islamic surveys |
Series Number | 11 |
Place | Edinburgh |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Date | 1978 |
ISBN | 0852243251 |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | D199.3 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
This highly readable survey describes the development of Islamic medicine and its influence on Western medical thought. It explains the main features of Islamic medicine: its system of human physiology; its ideas about the nature of disease; its rules for diet and the use of drugs; and its relationship with astrology and the occult.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Stephen Weatherhead |
Author | Anna Daiches |
Publication | Psychology and Psychotherapy |
Date | Sep 4, 2009 |
Journal Abbr | Psychol Psychother |
DOI | 10.1348/147608309X467807 |
ISSN | 1476-0835 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/19735608 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 9 01:10:10 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19735608 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Tue Nov 15 11:47:29 2011 |
Objectives: The aim of this research was to explore with a heterogeneous Muslim population their understanding of the concept of mental health and how any mental distress experienced by an individual can best be addressed. Design: A qualitative approach was taken. Participants were interviewed, and data analysed thematically. Methods: A sample of 14 Muslims was interviewed according to a semi-structured interview schedule. Participants were recruited via electronic mailing lists, and communications with local Muslim organizations. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Thematic analysis identified seven operationalizing themes that were given the labels ‘causes’, ‘problem management’, ‘relevance of services’, ‘barriers’, ‘service delivery’, ‘therapy content’, and ‘therapist characteristics’. Conclusions: The results highlight the interweaving of religious and secular perspectives on mental distress and responses to it. Potential barriers are discussed, as are the important characteristics of therapy, therapists, and service provision. Clinical implications are presented along with the limitations of this study and suggestions for future research.