An Imperative to Cure : Principles and Practice of Q'eqchi' Maya Medicine in Belize

Bringing an innovative methodological approach based on fifteen years of ethnographic research, James Waldram argues that Q'eqchi' medical practitioners access an extensive body of empirical knowledge and personal clinical experience to diagnose, treat, and cure patients according to a coherent ontology and set of therapeutic principles.

• | : James B. Waldram
• | Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 07, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0826364446
• | ISBN-13: 9780826364449