There are a few Puerto-Rican words in this article, exact translations of which are difficult to find. However, a loose equivalent by the side of each of such words makes the meaning quite clear in the context.
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References
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L. Larkin and E. Langdon, Puerto Rico Independence, International Socialists Pamphlet , New York City, 1972, p. 24.
2.
Ari Kiev, "The Psychotherapeutic Aspects of Primitive Medicine" Human Organisation, No. 21, 1962 , pp. 25-29.
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E. Fuller Torrey , "The Case for the Indigenous Therapists" Archives of General Psychiatry, No. 20, 1969, p. 365.
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Robert L. Bergman , "A School for Medicine Men," Mental Health Digest, Vol. 5, No. 8, August 1973, pp. 28-32.
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E.H. Griffth and P. Ruiz, "Cultural Factors in the Training of Psychiatric Residents in a Hispanic Urban Community," Transcultural Psychiatric Resecrch Review, Oct. 1976, pp. 179-185.
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"African Health Services Recognize Witch Doctors," Psychic World, July 1977, p. 36.
Ailan Harwood, Rx: Spiritist As Needed, New York; John Wiley & Sons, 1976, p. 46.
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, Ibid, 45-46.
10.
M.A. Borrello and E. Mathias, "Botanilcas: Puerto Rican Folk Pharmacies ," Natural History, Vol. LXXXVI, No. 7, 1977. p. 67.
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Migene Gonzolez-Wippler , op. cit, p. 58.
12.
Mary Borrello and Elizabeth Mathias , op. cit, p. 70.
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Stanley Fisch , "Botanicas and Spirituailsm in a Metropolis ," Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, 46, 3 (Part 1), 1968, p. 378.
14.
Allan Harwood, op. cit, p. 94.
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S. Flores et al., "Mellaril or Medium, Stelazine or Seance? A Study of Spiritualism as it Affects Communication, Diagnosis and Treatment of Puerto Rican People ," Unpublished Manuscript, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, New York, p. 8.
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C. Sager, T. Brayboy, & B. Waxemberg, "Black Patient-White Therapist," American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 42, No. 3, 1972, p. 128.
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L. Rogler and A. Hollingshead , "The Puerto Rican Spiritualist as a Psychiatrist ," American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 67, 1971, p. 17.
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J. Halifax and H. Weidman, "Religion as a Mediating Institution in Acculturation: The Case of Santeria in Greater Miami," Transcultural Psychiatric Research, Vol. X, April 1973, pp. 71-72.
19.
Allan Harwood , op. cit, p. 21.
20.
George M. Foster, ''Relationships Between Spanish and Spanish-American Folk Medicine,'' Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 66, July 1953, pp. 201-217.
