Medicine for the Heart: The Embodiment of Faith in Morocco

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-83

  MacPhee, Marybeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Embodiment; Islam; Morocco; Phenomenology; Spiritual body

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTHROPOLOGY; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; ESTHETICS; HEALTH CARE; HEART; HOME CARE; HOUSEHOLD; MOROCCO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MOROCCO; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 0037268669     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740306766     Document Type: Review

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