Palliative Care Among Chumash People

Chumash Healers used breathing therapy and counseling to keep patients involved in daily life and to avoid depression. Heat therapy, massage and pain medications were used to help with pain. Another primary function of the Healer was to help the patient sleep as normally as possible, possibly using...

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Autores principales: Adams, James D., Garcia, Cecilia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1142202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15937554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neh090
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description Chumash Healers used breathing therapy and counseling to keep patients involved in daily life and to avoid depression. Heat therapy, massage and pain medications were used to help with pain. Another primary function of the Healer was to help the patient sleep as normally as possible, possibly using mugwort or momoy. Nutrition was considered by Healers in treating their patients. The overall concern of the Healer was to help maintain the daily routine of village life during the normal process of the death of a village member.
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spelling pubmed-11422022005-06-02 Palliative Care Among Chumash People Adams, James D. Garcia, Cecilia Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Reviews Chumash Healers used breathing therapy and counseling to keep patients involved in daily life and to avoid depression. Heat therapy, massage and pain medications were used to help with pain. Another primary function of the Healer was to help the patient sleep as normally as possible, possibly using mugwort or momoy. Nutrition was considered by Healers in treating their patients. The overall concern of the Healer was to help maintain the daily routine of village life during the normal process of the death of a village member. Oxford University Press 2005-06 2005-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC1142202/ /pubmed/15937554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neh090 Text en © The Author (2005). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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title_short Palliative Care Among Chumash People
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1142202/
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