Folk healing and curanderismo within the Contemporary Chicana/o community: Current status

The Handbook of Chicana/o Psychology and Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 111-125

  Harris, Martin ^a   Velasquez, Roberto J ^b   White, Jerre ^a   Renteria, Teresa ^a  

^a Vanguard University of Southern California   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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