Filipinos bilib kay albularyo: Its implications on one’s faith-life

• Main Authors: Cabatbat, Katherine Pia M., Camarines, Teresa M., Eballo, Mia B., Vicente, Niku E.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Spiritual healing—Philippines—Manila; Healers—Philippines—Manila; Poor—Health and hygiene—Philippines—Manila; Well-being—Religious aspects; Medicine and Health; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8668
• Institution: De La Salle University

Filipinos are naturally inclined to animism. This inclination leads some of them to depend their health problems to something spiritual and cultural. When the health of a family member is at-risk, the urban poor seek traditional healing (Salenga, 2012). The researchers seek to enumerate the motivati...