ABEI Journal, 2006 This essay discusses the balance between theatricality and antitheatricality in Faith Healer, by Brian Friel, and argues that the play draws inspiration from drama as ritual and from medieval and mystery plays.
Robert Tracy
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Perspectives of traditional healers, faith healers, and biomedical providers about mental illness treatment: qualitative study from rural Uganda [PDF]
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental HealthMost people with mental illness in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not receive biomedical treatment, though many seek care from traditional healers and faith healers.
Yang Jae Lee +17 more
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Anticipated First Contact and Time to Seek Healthcare for Possible Breast Cancer Symptoms: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Rural Ghana [PDF]
Health ExpectationsBackground Breast cancer is a serious public health concern in Ghana. This study investigated the anticipated healthcare‐seeking behaviour and preferences of women for possible breast cancer symptoms.
Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah +11 more
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IJCM_211A: Evaluation of Maternal Death Surveillance In Relation To Eclampsia In Jabalpur Division Of Madhya Pradesh [PDF]
Indian Journal of Community MedicineBackground: The GOI is striving towards bringing down the MMR. Objective: To describe the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) Programme and to assess the maternal deaths due to Eclampsia and factors associated with it in Jabalpur Division of ...
Neelam Anupama Toppo +3 more
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Evaluation of the TRANSFORM Pilot Training Program for Community Health Workers and Traditional and Faith-Based Healers in Bangladesh [PDF]
BJPsych OpenAims In the densely populated Korail slum of Bangladesh, there is a critical gap in mental health care provision and utilization that was revealed in our ethnographic study.
Tanjir Rashid Soron +4 more
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Many Healings of the Woman with the Flow of Blood
Religions, 2023 With the emergence of the modern quest for the historical Jesus, theologians began increasingly questioning traditional views of Jesus as a healer of human bodies.
Ekaterina N. Lomperis
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Delay and treatment factors of psychiatric treatment among patients seeking faith healers
Kerala Journal of Psychiatry, 2020 Background: Belief in faith healers, lack of awareness and stigma of mental illness have placed obstacles in timely identification and treatment of mental illness. This study assessed the factors influencing individuals with mental illness to seek faith
Asha Jalal +5 more
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JMIR Mental Health, 2021 BackgroundThe resources of West African mental health care systems are severely constrained, which contributes to significant unmet mental health needs.
Dror Ben-Zeev +8 more
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Surgeon and bishop, Saint Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky). Life in ministry
Медицинский совет, 2020 The life of Orthodox saints has always been a feat. Whether this be labour and prayers in the monastery – veneration, propagation and protecting the faith – confession or meeting death for the name of Christ – martyrdom.
A. A. Kosareva (nun Angelina)
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Faith Healing Practices in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Madhya Pradesh, India: A Cross-sectional Survey [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchIntroduction: Faith healing has been practiced in various cultures for many decades and is an accepted mode of treatment in different cultures. Beliefs about mental illness can affect patients’ willingness to seek and adhere to treatment, so it is ...
Vijay Niranjan +3 more
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