The Mexican American Sobador, Convergent Disease Discourse, and Pain Validation in South Texas
Author: Servando Z. Hinojosa
Date Published: 2008
This paper examines how Mexican American sobadores (folk manual therapists) provide needed health services to South Texas residents. It uses an ethnographic approach to explore the vocational significance of sobadores to their largely Mexican-American clientele and examines some vectors of exploration that can yet be pursued into manual medicine.
Date Published: 2008
This paper examines how Mexican American sobadores (folk manual therapists) provide needed health services to South Texas residents. It uses an ethnographic approach to explore the vocational significance of sobadores to their largely Mexican-American clientele and examines some vectors of exploration that can yet be pursued into manual medicine.
