African American Alternative Medicine: Using Alternative Medicine To Prevent And Control Chronic Diseases

African American Alternative Medicine: Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and Control Chronic Diseases

In order to examine the importance of alternative medicine to the African American population, this book focuses on the African American health belief system and the treatment strategies often used and documented. This book includes a cultural-historical view of alternative medicine's use within the African American community and shows how it was an integral part of African American culture.