Pluralistic care and therapeutic itineraries among a migrant tribal community in an eastern Indian city
In medical pluralism, issues of the selective use of one sort of healer over another and what makes people opt for a specific source of health care are important. In this article, we discuss the availability of different health-care alternatives, the conditions that lead the health-care seeker to ch...
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Anthropological Society of Oxford
2014
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| author | Mishra, S Kusuma, YS Babu, BB |
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| description | In medical pluralism, issues of the selective use of one sort of healer over another and what
makes people opt for a specific source of health care are important. In this article, we discuss the
availability of different health-care alternatives, the conditions that lead the health-care seeker to
choose them and ‘therapeutic itineraries' among a migrant tribal community living in an eastern
Indian city. A mixed methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative research
techniques, was adopted. Different sources of health care, conditions of illnesses for which people
sought treatment and treatment-seeking behaviour in relation some common illnesses are
examined. The source of treatment depends upon the type of illness, its symptoms and perceived
severity. The reasons for pluralistic care-seeking are the failure of modern medicines and the
perceived causes of illness. This has created dilemmas for people and often led to pluralistic care,
which is sometimes pragmatic. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:eb6fe812-bbfb-4c54-a02e-a53015c5481e2024-08-24T11:58:10ZPluralistic care and therapeutic itineraries among a migrant tribal community in an eastern Indian cityJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:eb6fe812-bbfb-4c54-a02e-a53015c5481eEnglishJASO_articles_31BulkUploadAnthropological Society of Oxford2014Mishra, SKusuma, YSBabu, BBIn medical pluralism, issues of the selective use of one sort of healer over another and what makes people opt for a specific source of health care are important. In this article, we discuss the availability of different health-care alternatives, the conditions that lead the health-care seeker to choose them and ‘therapeutic itineraries' among a migrant tribal community living in an eastern Indian city. A mixed methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative research techniques, was adopted. Different sources of health care, conditions of illnesses for which people sought treatment and treatment-seeking behaviour in relation some common illnesses are examined. The source of treatment depends upon the type of illness, its symptoms and perceived severity. The reasons for pluralistic care-seeking are the failure of modern medicines and the perceived causes of illness. This has created dilemmas for people and often led to pluralistic care, which is sometimes pragmatic. |
| spellingShingle | Mishra, S Kusuma, YS Babu, BB Pluralistic care and therapeutic itineraries among a migrant tribal community in an eastern Indian city |
| title | Pluralistic care and therapeutic itineraries among a migrant tribal community in an eastern Indian city |
| title_full | Pluralistic care and therapeutic itineraries among a migrant tribal community in an eastern Indian city |
| title_fullStr | Pluralistic care and therapeutic itineraries among a migrant tribal community in an eastern Indian city |
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| title_short | Pluralistic care and therapeutic itineraries among a migrant tribal community in an eastern Indian city |
| title_sort | pluralistic care and therapeutic itineraries among a migrant tribal community in an eastern indian city |
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