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Health Care in Maya Guatemala - Confronting Medical Pluralism in a Developing Country (Paperback)
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Health Care in Maya Guatemala - Confronting Medical Pluralism in a Developing Country (Paperback)
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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 insight on midwifery,
nutrition, ethnomedicine, and other topics. As a whole, the volume
proposes steps toward a health care system more accessible to
Mayas, incorporating K'iche' concepts with Western thought.
Representing trends seen throughout the world, it shows the
necessity of cultural understanding if poor people are to have
access to medicine that combines the best of both local tradition
and international biomedicine. Although Western medicine continues
to ignore the importance of local culture in its attempt to be
""scientific,"" this book makes a strong argument for giving
tradition its due.
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