Health Care in Maya Guatemala: Confronting Medical Pluralism in a Developing Country Pdf

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Edition: 1
Release: 2007-11-15
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0806138599
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Health Care in Maya Guatemala pdf
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When the traditional meets the modern, nowhere is the impact felt as personally as in the realm of health care. Because practitioners trained in Western science tend to ignore traditional medicine in developing countries, conflict is inevitable.Health Care in Maya Guatemala examines medical systems and institutions in three K’iche’ Maya communities to reveal the conflicts between indigenous medical care and the Guatemalan biomedical system. The editors and contributors show how people in this rapidly modernizing society think about traditional practices—and reveal that health conditions in traditional communities deteriorate over time as long-standing medical practices erode in the face of Western encroachment.The contributors first consider cultural, institutional, and behavioral aspects of health care in Guatemala. Then they look closely at the nature and treatment of specific health issues, such as dentistry and mental health—especially depression. Finally they provide new i Download Health Care in Maya Guatemala for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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