Sámi traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine – a descriptive study of use within the Sámi population of Sweden

ABSTRACTTraditional medicine has been practised for millennia in the Sámi population, based on a Sámi worldview and cosmology, which includes natural remedies, prayers, drums and yoik singing. During the Christianisation of the Sámi during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, these practices we...

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Main Authors: Anne Ouma, Lars Jacobsson, Lena-Maria Nilsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2222908