Shamans as healers: When magical structure becomes practical function

N. Humphrey

DOI:10.1017/S0140525X17002084

Corpus ID: 147706046

Shamans as healers: When magical structure becomes practical function

@article{Humphrey2018ShamansAH,
  title={Shamans as healers: When magical structure becomes practical function},
  author={N. Humphrey},
  journal={Behavioral and Brain Sciences},
  year={2018},
  volume={41}
}

N. Humphrey
Published 2018
Medicine, Sociology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Abstract Singh's analysis has much to be said for it. When considering the treatment of illness, however, he begins from a shaky premise about uncontrollability and, so, fails to make the most of what shamanic treatments – as placebos – can deliver.

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