South Asian (Indian) traditional healing: Ayurvedic, shamanic, and sahaja therapy

Integrating Traditional Healing Practices into Counseling and Psychotherapy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 112-123

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Bhugra, Dinesh ^b   Singh, Jagmohan ^c  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84952890491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452231648.n10     Document Type: Chapter

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