Scholarship on Maya healing traditions has focused primarily on the roles of midwives, shamans, herbalists, and diviners.
Maya Bonesetters is the first book-length study of bonesetting in Guatemala and situates the Manual healing tradition within the current cultural context--one in which a Changing medical landscape potentially threate.
Bonesetters, on the other hand, have been largely excluded from conversations about traditional health practitioners and community health resources.
Scholarship on Maya healing traditions has focused primarily on the roles of midwives, shamans, herbalists, and diviners