Parallel medical systems: Papers from a workshop on “the healing process”

Rubel, Arthur J.; Sargent, Carolyn

doi:10.1016/0160-7987(79)90013-9

Cited by 4 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Traditional medicine is widely used and the world today sees its relevance for health and well-being [1]. The issue of integration of traditional healers into the national health care system got prominence around the time of Alma-Ata Conference in Primary Health Care in 1978 [2][3][4][5]. The Alma-Ata Declaration not only highlighted the wide existence of traditional healers including traditional birth attendants but also the importance of engaging them in the formal health system to meet primary health care needs.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspective Chapter: Integrating Traditional Healers into the National Health Care System – A Review and Reflection

Subedi¹

2023

Rural Health - Investment, Research and Implications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper reviews and reflects on the policy efforts to integrate traditional healers in Nepal. Most people in rural Nepal rely on traditional healers for their primary health care needs, not only because health facilities in rural areas are poorly functioning but also because these healers meet various health care needs. The kind of traditional medicine provided by traditional healers (such as herbalists, bone setters, faith healers, and traditional midwives) is much more accessible to them than the practitioners of biomedicine and scholarly traditional medicine (such as Ayurveda, Unani, and Homeopathy). However, traditional healers have not been recognized as legitimate practitioners. Policy initiatives are needed to facilitate recognition, accreditation, or licensing of traditional healers so that they can be integrated into the formal structure of the health care system. Nepal’s recent initiative of registration of traditional healers is an important policy effort in this direction.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspective Chapter: Integrating Traditional Healers into the National Health Care System – A Review and Reflection

Subedi¹

2023

Rural Health - Investment, Research and Implications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Mental healthcare using traditional non-western methods termed "unorthodox approaches" has been observed in Nigeria and elsewhere for decades (3)(4)(5)(6)(7). This has been largely due to a cultural preference for spiritual rather than biomedical formulations of mental disorder (7)(8)(9)(10).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indigenous mental healthcare and human rights abuses in Nigeria: The role of cultural syntonicity and stigmatization

Ogunwale

Fadipe

Bifarin

2023

Front. Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundIndigenous mental healthcare using traditional non-western methods termed “unorthodox approaches” has been observed in Nigeria historically. This has been largely due to a cultural preference for spiritual or mystical rather than biomedical formulations of mental disorder. Yet, there have been recent concerns about human rights abuses within such treatment settings as well as their tendency to perpetuate stigmatization.AimThe aim of this review was to examine the cultural framework for indigenous mental healthcare in Nigeria, the role of stigmatization in its utilization and interrogate the issues of human rights abuses within a public mental health context.MethodsThis is a non-systematic narrative review of published literature on mental disorders, mental health service utilization, cultural issues, stigma, and indigenous mental healthcare. Media and advocacy reports related to human rights abuses in indigenous mental health treatment settings were also examined. International conventions on human rights and torture, national criminal legislation, constitutional provisions on fundamental rights and medical ethics guidelines relevant to patient care within the country were examined in order to highlight provisions regarding human rights abuses within the context of care.ResultsIndigenous mental healthcare in Nigeria is culturally syntonic, has a complex interaction with stigmatization and is associated with incidents of human rights abuses especially torture of different variants. Three systemic responses to indigenous mental healthcare in Nigeria include: orthodox dichotomization, interactive dimensionalization, and collaborative shared care. Conclusions: Indigenous mental healthcare is endemic in Nigeria. Orthodox dichotomization is unlikely to produce a meaningful care response. Interactive dimensionalization provides a realistic psychosocial explanation for the utilization of indigenous mental healthcare. Collaborative shared care involving measured collaboration between orthodox mental health practitioners and indigenous mental health systems offers an effective as well as cost-effective intervention strategy. It reduces harmful effects of indigenous mental healthcare including human rights abuses and offers patients a culturally appropriate response to their problems

show abstract

Introduction: Ethnomedicine and Tribal Healing Practices in India: Challenges and Possibilities of Recognition and Integration

Reddy¹,

Subedi²,

Guite³

2023

People, Cultures and Societies: Exploring and Documenting Diversities

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Parallel medical systems: Papers from a workshop on “the healing process”

Cited by 4 publications

References 4 publications

Perspective Chapter: Integrating Traditional Healers into the National Health Care System – A Review and Reflection

Perspective Chapter: Integrating Traditional Healers into the National Health Care System – A Review and Reflection

Indigenous mental healthcare and human rights abuses in Nigeria: The role of cultural syntonicity and stigmatization

Introduction: Ethnomedicine and Tribal Healing Practices in India: Challenges and Possibilities of Recognition and Integration

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About