Index to Chiropractic Literature
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ID 7533
  Title Aboriginal spirituality and traditional healing
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Journal Chiropr J Aust. 1991 Dec;21(4):123-128
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Abstract/Notes Concepts of health and disease vary widely among cultures and eras, yet there are common themes. This paper outlines the basis for some of the beliefs and practices associated with spiritual aspects of healing traditions of the Aboriginal people of Australia, and includes descriptions of typical incidents by way of illustration. Differences between Aboriginal and Western notions of disease causation and the meaning of illness are discussed. Selection, training, role and powers of traditional healers, and division of responsibility by gender, are briefly described. The practice of sorcery is introduced to illustrate its relationship to healing beliefs and practices as "the other side of the coin." Other traditional practices which in Western society are associated with the health care system (eg midwifery, treatment of wounds and fractures, and an extensive pharmacopoeia) are not addressed in this paper, because they deal with ailments and situations which responded to well-established procedures and therefore did not require a search for an ultimate cause.

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