1. Ethnomedicine: Religion and Healing
Chapter 6
Lehmann text

2. Ethnomedicine Importance of culture
Universality of cure and cause of diseases with religious basis
Types of causation for disease
World Health Organization
Intercultural contact & diseases
Contact film (Brazil)
Rejection to Western medicine

3. Ethnomedicine Applied anthropologists
Advantage & disadvantage to health care systems
Natural vs. supernatural explanations
Ethno botany: curative properties in plants
Native Americans
Africa
Latin America

4. Ethnomedicine Mental Illnesses
Traditional healers vs. Western psychologists
Lack social stigma
Statistics
WHO multicultural 7yr. Pilot study
Nigeria and India
58% Nigerians & 51% Indians viewed as cured
6% Denmark & 27% in China

5. Ethnomedicine Supernaturally caused illnesses Sorcery Breach of taboo
Intrusion of a disease object
Intrusion of a disease-causing spirit
Loss of soul
Difficulty of determining the frequency and incidence of illnesses.
Mental Illnesses

6. A School for Medicine Men
By Robert Bergman

7. A School of Medicine Men
Background
The Rituals
The School
Obtaining Funds
The Training Program

8. Class Activity
In a small group, discuss and analyze the article by Edward Halperin.
Should Academic Medical Center Conduct Clinical Trials of the Efficacy of Intercessory Prayer?
What is the author’s position?
What is your position or view?