Ethnomedical syndromes and treatment-seeking behavior among Mayan refugees in Chiapas, Mexico

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-381

  Smith, Bryce D ^a   Sabin, Miriam ^a   Berlin, Elois Ann ^a   Nackerud, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataques de nervios; Ethnomedical syndromes; Guatemalan refugees; Susto; Treatment seeking behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REFUGEE; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349685109     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-009-9145-3     Document Type: Article

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