The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia

Objective Describing the Emberá-Chamí Indians' traditional medical system (Caldas Department, Colombia). Methods This was an ethnographic study which involved 4 traditional doctors, 2 midwives, 3 healers, a faith-healer (medicine man) and 10 community members who were selected by theoretical sa...

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Autores:: Cardona Arias, Jaiberth Antonio

Tipo de recurso:: Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:: 2012

Institución:: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Repositorio:: Repositorio UCC

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spelling	Cardona Arias, Jaiberth Antonio2021-12-16T22:16:33Z2021-12-16T22:16:33Z2012https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84878288607&partnerID=40&md5=9f6ddb1549259772cec71a5803b239a901240064https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/42833Cardona JA. The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia. Rev Salud Publica (Bogota). 2012. 14. (4):p. 630-643. .Objective Describing the Emberá-Chamí Indians' traditional medical system (Caldas Department, Colombia). Methods This was an ethnographic study which involved 4 traditional doctors, 2 midwives, 3 healers, a faith-healer (medicine man) and 10 community members who were selected by theoretical sampling. Interviews, field diaries and participant observation were used in line with credibility, auditability and transferability criteria, and category saturation and methodological and theoretical triangulation. Results Traditional medicine, health, disease and healing were conceptualised, describing the system's therapeutic resources, links with biomedicine, spiritual domain components, the relevance of the Guardians and holy sites, the major rituals and roles of family, native physiotherapists, healers, medicine men/women, midwives and traditional faith-healing doctors. Conclusion Indigenous people have valuable knowledge about practices involving the body, social interactions, coexistence with nature and spiritual beings which is based on harmony and integral worldviews.0000-0002-7101-929Xjaiberth.cardona@campusucc.edu.co643-630Universidad Nacional de ColombiaAmerican IndianarticleColombiafemalehumanmalemethodologytraditional medicineColombiaFemaleHumansIndiansSouth AmericanMaleMedicineTraditionalThe traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, ColombiaArtículohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionRevista de Salud Publicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cbPublication20.500.12494/42833oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/428332024-08-20 16:16:46.096metadata.onlyhttps://repository.ucc.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad Cooperativa de Colombiabdigital@metabiblioteca.com
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title	The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia
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title_short	The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia
title_full	The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia
title_fullStr	The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia
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topic	American Indian article Colombia female human male methodology traditional medicine Colombia Female Humans Indians South American Male Medicine Traditional
description	Objective Describing the Emberá-Chamí Indians' traditional medical system (Caldas Department, Colombia). Methods This was an ethnographic study which involved 4 traditional doctors, 2 midwives, 3 healers, a faith-healer (medicine man) and 10 community members who were selected by theoretical sampling. Interviews, field diaries and participant observation were used in line with credibility, auditability and transferability criteria, and category saturation and methodological and theoretical triangulation. Results Traditional medicine, health, disease and healing were conceptualised, describing the system's therapeutic resources, links with biomedicine, spiritual domain components, the relevance of the Guardians and holy sites, the major rituals and roles of family, native physiotherapists, healers, medicine men/women, midwives and traditional faith-healing doctors. Conclusion Indigenous people have valuable knowledge about practices involving the body, social interactions, coexistence with nature and spiritual beings which is based on harmony and integral worldviews.
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The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia

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