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...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Taylor & Francis Group
2023-12-01
|
Series: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2222908 |