The power of words: Healing narratives among Lubavitcher Hasidim

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-63

  Dein, Simon ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healing; Lubavitch; Tanya; Text

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746622058     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2002.16.1.41     Document Type: Review

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