Medicine and Its Alternatives Health Care Priorities in the Caribbean

Aarons, Derrick E.

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“…In the Dominican Republic, as in other Caribbean and Latin American cultures, traditional healthcare providers and indigenous healers are an integral part of physical, mental, and spiritual healthcare for many people [26,27]. Researchers estimate that more than 3,000 indigenous healers, along with 16,000 physicians, practice in the Dominican Republic [28,29].…”

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Health-seeking behaviors and self-care practices of Dominican women with lymphoedema of the leg: implications for lymphoedema management programs

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Background: In the Dominican Republic, a Latin American country with filariasis-endemic areas, more than 63,000 people have lymphatic filariasis and more than 400,000 people are at risk of future infection. In this paper, we explore the health beliefs, health-seeking behaviors and self-care practices of women with lymphoedema in filariasis-endemic areas to better understand the needs of women when developing lymphoedema morbidity control programs.

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Health-seeking behaviors and self-care practices of Dominican women with lymphoedema of the leg: implications for lymphoedema management programs

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“…These traditional healing forms were brought to the Caribbean by enslaved Africans and evolved under the inhumane and life threatening conditions of slavery. They are practiced in almost every country in the West, at various social levels that reflect the ethnic, class and historical background of the people (Aarons, 1999;Ferna´ndez-Olmos, 2003). In the Caribbean, traditional healing systems are used habitually as a psychotherapeutic method, an alternative medical system, and have taken on the role of a support system both in the Caribbean and the Diaspora (Pasquali, 1994;Sanchez & Kirby, 1998;Nun˜ez-Molina, 2001;Reyes, 2004).…”

Section: Traditional Healers and Healing Practices In Non-western Coumentioning

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Psychic retreats in other places: Clients who seek healing with traditional healers and psychotherapists1

Moodley

Sutherland

2010

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

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Since the beginning of time, people have been using a range of healing practices to resolve health and mental health concerns. Among these are the traditional healing practices which appear to be growing among immigrant communities in the West, for example, Yoga, Ayurveda, Astrology, Voodoo, Santeria; and, the newer forms, viz., Maat, Morita therapy, Naikan therapy, and many others. These indigenous healing methods seem to address some of the many shortcomings of conventional health care and are practiced in conjunction with, and at times in the place of, modern Western forms. It seems that including two different health care modalities is possible since competing and contradictory cures can be held alongside each other without creating conflict in the client. This paper discusses traditional and cultural healers and healing in non-Western countries and those practices that are engaged with in the diaspora. The paper also considers the use of traditional healing alongside Western counselling and psychotherapy -dual interventions. Finally, the paper explores several strategies that counsellors could undertake when working with ethnic minority clients, particularly those clients who also enter into dual relationships with traditional healers.

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“…Changing international immigration laws have allowed First World countries to drain Trinidad of its highest trained doctors and nurses (Riddell 1998: 608–9). This change has decreased the government's ability to control public acute and emergency care costs (Aarons 1999). At the same time, official government recognition of ‘scientific’, or Western, medicine has undermined traditional practices.…”

Section: Trinidad Globalisation and Medicinementioning

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Globalisation and medicine in Trinidad

Reznik

Murphy

Belgrave

2007

Sociology Health & Illness

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In a qualitative study of urban Trinidadians who work in the medical industry, the concept of medical globalisation was provisionally analysed. Two research questions were addressed: what is globalisation, in the context of mainstream medicine, and how is this process manifested in everyday practices? Four fundamental principles of medical globalisation emerged from in-depth interviews and analysis of observational materials: (1) the notion of history as an autonomous force with globalisation as the latest stage, (2) the expansion of 'Total Market' philosophy as a driving social force, (3) the fragmentation of society into atomistic, self-interested, and competitive individuals, and (4) the adoption of a 'centralised' set of ideals as the normative core necessary for social order. In this paper, findings from this investigation and their implications are discussed. In particular, medical globalisation is linked with major themes in medical sociological theory including dualism and medicalisation.

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Medicine and Its Alternatives Health Care Priorities in the Caribbean

Cited by 16 publications

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Health-seeking behaviors and self-care practices of Dominican women with lymphoedema of the leg: implications for lymphoedema management programs

Health-seeking behaviors and self-care practices of Dominican women with lymphoedema of the leg: implications for lymphoedema management programs

Psychic retreats in other places: Clients who seek healing with traditional healers and psychotherapists1

Globalisation and medicine in Trinidad

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