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Healing Authority

Healing Authority is a theoretical construct within the study of healing beliefs that identifies and delineates the legitimate source or agent vested with the recognized power to initiate, facilitate, or validate therapeutic processes within a given cultural, spiritual, or institutional context.

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76

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44

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2017–2026

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Publications

64

The Sacred Self: A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing

Andrew Strathern, Thomas J. Csordas · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1995 · 507 citations

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Boiling Energy. Community Healing among the Kalahari Kung

Una Maclean, Richard J. Katz · Journal of Religion in Africa · 1985 · 405 citations

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Healing Skills for Medical Practice

Larry R. Churchill, David Schenck · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2008 · 141 citations

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The Sacred Self: A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing

Felicitas D. Goodman · Anthropology of Consciousness · 1995 · 117 citations

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Women as Healers: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.

Beth Rushing, Carol Shepherd McClain · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1990 · 111 citations

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Authors

76

  1. TJ
    Thomas J. Csordas

    University of California San Diego, United States

    4 publications · 741 citations

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  2. MB
    Meredith B. McGuire

    Montclair State University, United States

    2 publications · 155 citations

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  3. DW
    Diane Wind Wardell

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States

    2 publications · 22 citations

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  4. AS
    Andrew Strathern

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    2 publications · 534 citations

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  5. JE
    Joan Engebretson

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States

    2 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

44

  1. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    78 citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    60 citations

  3. Family Healthcare

    Fargo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  4. Trinity University

    San Antonio, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    104 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  6. Netivei Israel (Israel)

    Or Yehuda, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. Philadelphia University

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  8. Temple College

    Temple, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    62 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 187 citations

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  2. Social Science & Medicine

    4 publications · 140 citations

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  3. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry

    3 publications · 174 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 79 citations

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  5. Annals of Internal Medicine

    2 publications · 163 citations

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