Claroscuros de la salud intercultural en América Latina

Considering the challenges and paradoxes of multiculturalism in health, this paper presents a critical review of the model and discusses the distinction between biomedicine and ‘medicines originating’ from the different social agents involved and their cultural competence. This is to remark a number...

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Main Author: Gerardo Fernández Juárez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2011-03-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61188
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description Considering the challenges and paradoxes of multiculturalism in health, this paper presents a critical review of the model and discusses the distinction between biomedicine and ‘medicines originating’ from the different social agents involved and their cultural competence. This is to remark a number of outstanding issues that are at the same time doing a review of the operation of the call "intercultural health" and raise some questions about its future.
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spelling doaj.art-76c3488df1af4f16a0a0277bd2fce41d2024-02-14T16:50:52ZengCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos1626-02522011-03-0110.4000/nuevomundo.61188Claroscuros de la salud intercultural en América LatinaGerardo Fernández JuárezConsidering the challenges and paradoxes of multiculturalism in health, this paper presents a critical review of the model and discusses the distinction between biomedicine and ‘medicines originating’ from the different social agents involved and their cultural competence. This is to remark a number of outstanding issues that are at the same time doing a review of the operation of the call "intercultural health" and raise some questions about its future.https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61188Latin AmericaBoliviaanthropology of healthcultural criticism
spellingShingle Gerardo Fernández Juárez
Claroscuros de la salud intercultural en América Latina
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
Latin America
Bolivia
anthropology of health
cultural criticism
title Claroscuros de la salud intercultural en América Latina
title_full Claroscuros de la salud intercultural en América Latina
title_fullStr Claroscuros de la salud intercultural en América Latina
title_full_unstemmed Claroscuros de la salud intercultural en América Latina
title_short Claroscuros de la salud intercultural en América Latina
title_sort claroscuros de la salud intercultural en america latina
topic Latin America
Bolivia
anthropology of health
cultural criticism
url https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61188
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