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A dialogue between naturopathy and critical medical anthropology: what constitutes holistic health?
Hans A Baer1, Cheryl Beale, Rachel Canaway
1School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Abstract:
Building on a dialogue between three trained naturopaths and a proponent of critical medical anthropology (CMA), this article highlights the relationship between health and society from the viewpoint of two fields that share this focal concern. Both naturopathy and CMA are committed to the notion of holistic health, although their approaches have historically been somewhat different. The responses of the three naturopaths to CMA exhibit both similarities and differences, particularly in terms of insights that CMA may make to naturopathy. This essay also articulates the CMA perspective of naturopathy and posits lessons that naturopathy can teach CMA.
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