NIEPEWNOŚĆ, RYZYKO, ZAUFANIE. SYSTEM OPIEKI MEDYCZNEJ I JEGO REFORMY W POSTSOWIECKIM KIRGISTANIE A STRATEGIE ZDROWOTNE MIESZKAŃCÓW BISZKEKU
This paper, based on fieldwork conducted between 2011–2013, deals with the attitudes of the inhabitants of Bishkek to the health care system and its reforms implemented in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, and focuses on emotional factors that influence people’s health-seeking strategies in the context of me...
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This paper, based on fieldwork conducted between 2011–2013, deals with the attitudes of the inhabitants of Bishkek to the health care system and its reforms implemented in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, and focuses on emotional factors that influence people’s health-seeking strategies in the context of medical pluralism. I outline the aims and results of the reforms and their evaluation by international and local experts, and confront their opinions with assessments made by the “ordinary” people. In my view, an apparent discrepancy between the official and popular views is due mainly to uncertainty and anxiety related to political instability and economic difficulties of the country, paired with general distrust in medical institutions and, particularly, in professional and moral standards of doctors. Corruption, greed and incompetence of physicians are mentioned among the causes that make therapeutic encounters risky. Such common approach leads to the often observed “doctor-avoiding strategies” and contributes to the increase in popularity of complementary medicine. I discuss some tactics and strategies employed by the people when coping with health problems in those circumstances. As I argue, despite some evident success in reforming health care system, it is important both to recognize its faults and deficiencies, and to take into account emotional factors that significantly shape people’s choices.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a238f1e93cac4a3c9707ffabb957bea92022-12-22T02:42:34ZengInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of SciencesEtnografia Polska0071-18612719-65342014-12-01581-2NIEPEWNOŚĆ, RYZYKO, ZAUFANIE. SYSTEM OPIEKI MEDYCZNEJ I JEGO REFORMY W POSTSOWIECKIM KIRGISTANIE A STRATEGIE ZDROWOTNE MIESZKAŃCÓW BISZKEKUDanuta PENKALA-GAWĘCKA This paper, based on fieldwork conducted between 2011–2013, deals with the attitudes of the inhabitants of Bishkek to the health care system and its reforms implemented in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, and focuses on emotional factors that influence people’s health-seeking strategies in the context of medical pluralism. I outline the aims and results of the reforms and their evaluation by international and local experts, and confront their opinions with assessments made by the “ordinary” people. In my view, an apparent discrepancy between the official and popular views is due mainly to uncertainty and anxiety related to political instability and economic difficulties of the country, paired with general distrust in medical institutions and, particularly, in professional and moral standards of doctors. Corruption, greed and incompetence of physicians are mentioned among the causes that make therapeutic encounters risky. Such common approach leads to the often observed “doctor-avoiding strategies” and contributes to the increase in popularity of complementary medicine. I discuss some tactics and strategies employed by the people when coping with health problems in those circumstances. As I argue, despite some evident success in reforming health care system, it is important both to recognize its faults and deficiencies, and to take into account emotional factors that significantly shape people’s choices. https://journals.iaepan.pl/ep/article/view/86strategie zdrowotnereformy systemu opieki zdrowotnejniepewnośćryzykozaufaniepostsowiecka Azja środkowa ; |
| spellingShingle | Danuta PENKALA-GAWĘCKA NIEPEWNOŚĆ, RYZYKO, ZAUFANIE. SYSTEM OPIEKI MEDYCZNEJ I JEGO REFORMY W POSTSOWIECKIM KIRGISTANIE A STRATEGIE ZDROWOTNE MIESZKAŃCÓW BISZKEKU Etnografia Polska strategie zdrowotne reformy systemu opieki zdrowotnej niepewność ryzyko zaufanie postsowiecka Azja środkowa ; |
| title | NIEPEWNOŚĆ, RYZYKO, ZAUFANIE. SYSTEM OPIEKI MEDYCZNEJ I JEGO REFORMY W POSTSOWIECKIM KIRGISTANIE A STRATEGIE ZDROWOTNE MIESZKAŃCÓW BISZKEKU |
| title_full | NIEPEWNOŚĆ, RYZYKO, ZAUFANIE. SYSTEM OPIEKI MEDYCZNEJ I JEGO REFORMY W POSTSOWIECKIM KIRGISTANIE A STRATEGIE ZDROWOTNE MIESZKAŃCÓW BISZKEKU |
| title_fullStr | NIEPEWNOŚĆ, RYZYKO, ZAUFANIE. SYSTEM OPIEKI MEDYCZNEJ I JEGO REFORMY W POSTSOWIECKIM KIRGISTANIE A STRATEGIE ZDROWOTNE MIESZKAŃCÓW BISZKEKU |
| title_full_unstemmed | NIEPEWNOŚĆ, RYZYKO, ZAUFANIE. SYSTEM OPIEKI MEDYCZNEJ I JEGO REFORMY W POSTSOWIECKIM KIRGISTANIE A STRATEGIE ZDROWOTNE MIESZKAŃCÓW BISZKEKU |
| title_short | NIEPEWNOŚĆ, RYZYKO, ZAUFANIE. SYSTEM OPIEKI MEDYCZNEJ I JEGO REFORMY W POSTSOWIECKIM KIRGISTANIE A STRATEGIE ZDROWOTNE MIESZKAŃCÓW BISZKEKU |
| title_sort | niepewnosc ryzyko zaufanie system opieki medycznej i jego reformy w postsowieckim kirgistanie a strategie zdrowotne mieszkancow biszkeku |
| topic | strategie zdrowotne reformy systemu opieki zdrowotnej niepewność ryzyko zaufanie postsowiecka Azja środkowa ; |
| url | https://journals.iaepan.pl/ep/article/view/86 |
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