Therapeutic syncretism: A conceptual framework of persistence and change for international nursing

“I have a divine call to heal my people”: Motivations and strategies of Nigerian medicine traders in Guangzhou, China

“……[N]ot separate [ing] the natural from the spiritual, or the physical from the supernatural' (Truter, 2007, p. 57). Although their medicine business is partly a product of situational and occupational contingencies, their entrepreneurship is useful for thinking about the notion of therapeutic syncretism (Upvall, 1993) on the move, whereby migrants offer a mix-and-match of health-care provisioning to other migrants in response to opportunities and constraints in destination societies.…”

Private thoughts in public spheres: issues in reflection and reflective practices in nursing

“…Kress (1985) points out that ‘Education…is an institution particularly focused on the reproduction of culture; that is its raison d’etre ’ (p. 1). Imposition of Westernized nursing curricula on nurses around the world has been seen as a form of cultural imperialism (Upvall 1993). The promotion of reflection and reflective practices in nursing has originated and been dominated by Western academics.…”