"i Choose Life": Contemporary Medical and Religious Practices in the Navajo World

by Maureen Trudelle Schwarz

Book Overview

How Navajos navigate the complex world of medicine

Surgery, blood transfusions, CPR, and organ transplantation are common biomedical procedures for treating trauma and disease. But for Navajo Indians, these treatments can conflict with their traditional understanding of health and well-being. This book investigates how Navajos navigate their medically and religiously pluralistic world while coping with illness. Focusing on Navajo attitudes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806139412
• ISBN13: 9780806139418
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"