NSC 4312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Medical Anthropology, Behavioral Medicine, Cervical Cancer
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Medical anthropology: culture and treatment choice, young and garro. Choices of medical specialists available to people of that area: herbalists, midwives, bonesetters, cuaranderos, pharmacists, practicantes, physicians (private, gov"t and health care system ) They developed a model to predict their choice in mexico 90% but 62% in costa. Both studies indicated that people make choices on where to seek care depending on how they see the patho: chaves study. Lowes level of screening with the physicians model: because of the shame of the etiology, the other make it a bit easier to say i should get screen, patient and healers, kleinman. Best case: patient"s model exists as a set of clues at to what s going on, worst case, patient"s model is seen as obstacle of ignorance to be over come. It can determine how the healing process goes. If they will come back for care and so on: healing and curing, placebo research.
