The Understanding of Epilepsy and Epileptic Patients and General Public to Create A Supportive Community

Abstract

Though the standard of living is getting better worldwide but diseases and epidemics still prevail. This is not the problem of the third world, people in developed countries face such challenges. It is with the change occurring in climate and demography of the world that the healthcare providers are faced with a new challenge. Health professionals cannot generalize their practices over different communities especially in a multiethnic, multi lingual and multi-cultural country like Pakistan. The researcher used descriptive methodology. Data were gathered using survey method. This paper discusses the need for ethnographic study of diseases and sicknesses as they are often perceived differently by different communities. The study was conducted in Rawalpindi and epilepsy perspectives from both the general public and the epileptic patients were recorded. The study aims to collect views of the patients and provide them to the health care providers and professionals.