Traditional healing practices sought by Muslim psychiatric patients in Lahore, Pakistan

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 401-415

  Farooqi, Yasmin Nilofer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gender discrimination; Islamic faith healers; Pakistani cultural norms; Psychiatric mental disorders; Sorcerers; Traditional healing practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750906797     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10349120601008530     Document Type: Article

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