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Social Factors of Health-Seeking Behavior: On Medical Treatment for Elders With Dementia in Oaxaca, Mexico.
- Source :
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Journal of Humanistic Psychology . May2024, Vol. 64 Issue 3, p391-422. 32p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This article presents data on family caregiving for elders with dementia in Oaxaca, Mexico. Drawing on a year of ethnographic research, this article explores how caregivers engage in health-seeking behaviors and how they choose between biomedical and traditional medical alternatives. While caregivers are primarily concerned to maintain elders' health, decisions about which medical providers to (not) consult invoke broader social factors that go beyond their relationships with elders, and concern socioeconomic realms of power, as well as broader ideals concerning local tradition and its maintenance in the contemporary world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00221678
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Humanistic Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176494254
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167819899591