Continuity of care: The ongoing use of "bush medicine" as a transnational therapeutic health practice in Guyanese immigrant communities.
Health Place
; 71: 102643, 2021 09.
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| ID: mdl-34385054
Using in-depth interviews with Guyanese immigrants in North America this paper argues their therapeutic landscapes are produced transnationally and these transnational therapeutic landscapes impact their ongoing health practices in the country of settlement. The results reveal that the historical use of traditional "bush medicine" provided a resilient response to inaccessible biomedical healthcare in Guyana. However, the continued use of bush medicine in the countries of settlement is not a result of barriers to healthcare. Instead, continued use constitutes a transnational therapeutic health practice that is tied to historical use, perceived efficacy of treatments, and participants' perceptions of Guyana as a therapeutic landscape.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Emigrantes e Imigrantes
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Caribe ingles
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Guyana
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Place
Assunto da revista:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Reino Unido