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Rethinking ‘Efficacy’

Ritual Healing and Trance in the Mahanubhav Shrines in India

Bibliographic Data

ID18928670
AuthorsRanganathan (0000-0002-6954-2727, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume39
Issue3
Pages361-379
Publication date2015-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture Medicine and Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-005X • E-ISSN: 1573-076X
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11013-014-9421-8
PMID25398665
OpenAlexW2000756621
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited27

Psychotherapist · Sociology · Traditional medicine · Trance · Anthropology · Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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Unique citing works13
Citations per year1,18
Citation span2015 - 2026 (12)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 13

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