Intercultural health practices: Towards an equal recognition between indigenous medicine and biomedicine? A case study from Chile

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-49

  Torri, Maria Costanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indigenous medicine; Intercultural health practices; Western medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CHILE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84861537448     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-011-0170-3     Document Type: Article

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