Healing Practices of the People of Belize

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 70-78

  Blanchard, Dawn S ^a   Bean, Andrea ^a  

^a MESSIAH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Doctrine of Signatures; Herbal medicine; Holistic health; Rain forest remedies; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELIZE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHILOSOPHY; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BELIZE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0035072721     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200101000-00010     Document Type: Article

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