Bridges between Mental Health Care and Religious Healing in Puerto Rico: The Outcomes of an Early Experiment

Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Koss Chioino, Joan D ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging ideas and services; Public mental health care; Puerto Rico; Spiritist healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920673955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195374643.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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