HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR AND THE MEANING OF MEDICATIONS IN BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN

被引：47

作者：

HUNTE, PA

SULTANA, F

机构：

[1] Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268

来源：

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE | 1992年 / 34卷 / 12期

关键词：

HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH; MEDICAL PLURALISM; MEDICATIONS; BALOCHISTAN; PAKISTAN;

D O I：

10.1016/0277-9536(92)90147-I

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

A wide variety of health care options-home-based, indigenous, and cosmopolitan-exists in northern Balochistan, Pakistan. This paper examines health-seeking behavior in the area of mother and child health for villagers in this pluralistic medical setting. The analysis of a specific series of illness episodes shows that the majority of cases obtain treatment from different medical systems for a single episode. Interest in medications takes precedence over practitioners, and the meaning the villagers attach to such substances is explored. Long-established patterns of behavior relating to indigenous medicine continue to occur when cosmopolitan medicine is utilized. Information presented here helps to explain problems in utilization of cosmopolitan pharmaceuticals and delineates areas for future health programme activity.

引用

页码：1385 / 1397

页数：13

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