Native Healing in Alaska—Report From Serpentine Hot Springs
Traditional Alaskan Native healing practices, specifically sweat bathing and hot springs bathing, have medical connotations in that they involve sociocultural factors important to practicing medicine among Alaskan Native people. At Serpentine Hot Springs in northwest Alaska, relief for arthritis, ba...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1011026 2023-05-15T16:06:36+02:00 Native Healing in Alaska—Report From Serpentine Hot Springs Book, Patricia A. Dixon, Mim Kirchner, Scott 1983-12 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1011026 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6666111 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1011026 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6666111 Cross-Cultural Medicine Text 1983 ftpubmed 2013-08-30T05:16:39Z Traditional Alaskan Native healing practices, specifically sweat bathing and hot springs bathing, have medical connotations in that they involve sociocultural factors important to practicing medicine among Alaskan Native people. At Serpentine Hot Springs in northwest Alaska, relief for arthritis, back pain, hip pain, headaches, skin rashes and other disorders was sought. The “treatment setting” was an informal bathhouse and bunkhouse and Eskimo tribal doctors and patients were assigned tasks related to healing. Continuity with traditional cultural patterns was achieved in several ways: meals tended to be traditional Eskimo fare, the predominant language spoken was Inupiaq and styles of interaction were Inupiat in character. All patients showed improvement. The experience reported herein is instructive for those seeking innovative approaches treating Native American groups. Text eskimo* Inupiaq Inupiat Alaska PubMed Central (PMC) |
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Traditional Alaskan Native healing practices, specifically sweat bathing and hot springs bathing, have medical connotations in that they involve sociocultural factors important to practicing medicine among Alaskan Native people. At Serpentine Hot Springs in northwest Alaska, relief for arthritis, back pain, hip pain, headaches, skin rashes and other disorders was sought. The “treatment setting” was an informal bathhouse and bunkhouse and Eskimo tribal doctors and patients were assigned tasks related to healing. Continuity with traditional cultural patterns was achieved in several ways: meals tended to be traditional Eskimo fare, the predominant language spoken was Inupiaq and styles of interaction were Inupiat in character. All patients showed improvement. The experience reported herein is instructive for those seeking innovative approaches treating Native American groups. |
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