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Article: Spirit versus Scalpel, Traditional Healing and Modern Psychotherapy

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LEONORE L. ADLER AND B. RUNI MUKHERJI, EDS.: Spirit versus Scalpel, Traditional Healing and Modern Psychotherapy. Westport, Connecticut: Bergin and Garvey, 1995, 219 pp., $55.00, ISBN 0-89789-406-5.

Mental health providers are increasingly called upon to treat individuals from minority groups or sub-cultures with which they are unfamiliar. Spirit versus Scalpel provides a useful source of information for those involved in treating such individuals. The text is divided into three sections: Concepts of Healing, Healers and Their Methods from Around the Globe, and Treatment and Training. The individual chapters are written by many different authors, and it follows that not all the ...

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