Open AccessMaya Healers' Conception of Cancer as Revealed by Comparison With Western Medicine
Author(s) -
Mónica Berger-González,
Eduardo Gharzouzi,
Christoph Renner
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of global oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2378-9506
DOI - 10.1200/jgo.2015.001081
Subject(s) - maya , indigenous , medicine , cancer , abandonment (legal) , diversity (politics) , mental health , traditional medicine , sociology , psychiatry , anthropology , geography , ecology , archaeology , political science , law , biology
Cultural diversity in clinical encounters is common, yet mental constructions regarding cancer that influence expected treatment are poorly studied for indigenous people. We explored Maya healers' conceptions, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer to remedy this problem.