Medical Pluralism

Medical pluralism | Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology

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Medical pluralism describes the availability of different medical approaches, treatments, and institutions that people can use while pursuing health: for example, combining biomedicine with so-called Introduction Medical pluralism describes the …

Medical Pluralism | SpringerLink

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Medical Pluralism, - SAGE Journals

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Medical Pluralism refers to the coexistence of differing medical traditions and practices grounded in divergent epistemological positions and based on distinctive worldviews. …

Medical Pluralism: Traditional and Modern Health Care

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Therefore, medical pluralism (MP) refers to “the coexistence in a society of differing medical traditions, grounded in different principles or based on different …

Medical Pluralism in the U.S. - Geriatrics

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Medical Pluralism in the U.S. It is imperative not to assume, based on ethnic backgrounds, that any individual maintains traditional beliefs. Range of Belief Systems Elders from any …

Medical pluralism in a Dong Village, Southwestern China

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In the early 1970s, Charles Leslie, in his study of Asian healthcare systems, introduced the concept of pluralism or medical pluralism, which refers to a pattern of co …

Medical pluralism – what health behaviours do …

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What is medical pluralism? It is the adoption of more than one medical system in terms of health beliefs, behaviours or treatments Within the UK many different systems of …

Conceptions of Medical Pluralism - Medical Anthropology

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Medical pluralism in Sri Lanka is the practice of healthcare based on the belief that various medical systems should be integrated, as opposed to one …

Medical Pluralism, Traditional Healing Practices, and the …

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The albularyo referred to us the “general practitioner”, knowledgeable in most of the folkloric modalities, usually versed in the use of medical herbs. In the rural areas, by tradition and …

Medical pluralism in India: patient choice or no other …

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The studies discussed here reveal the ground reality of the consequences of limited choices for patients, characterised as "forced pluralism," with no state regulation of type of care, …