A pilot study of faith healers′ views on evil eye, jinn possession, and magic in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Al Habeeb, Tariq ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

evil eye; Faith healers; jinn possession; magic; spiritual disorders; unorthodox therapies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85123428398     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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