Sociocultural dimension of epilepsy: An anthropological study among Guaraní communities in Bolivia-An International League Against Epilepsy/International Bureau for Epilepsy/World Health Organization Global Campaign Against Epilepsy Regional Project

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 346-351

  Bruno, Elisa ^a   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^b   Sofia, Vito ^a   Rafael, Florentina ^c   Magnelli, Donata ^b   Ortiz, Elio ^d   Padilla, Sandra ^d   Quattrocchi, Graziella ^a   Bartalesi, Filippo ^d   Segundo, Higinio ^e   Zappia, Mario ^a   Preux, Pierre Marie ^c   Nicoletti, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^d Centre for Anthropological Research of the Teko Guaranì   (Bolivia)

^e Servicio Departamental de Salud   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Epilepsy; Ethnography; Global campaign against epilepsy; Medical anthropology; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BOLIVIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EATING HABIT; EPILEPSY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC OPINION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOLIVIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURE; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053386295     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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