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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Cardona Arias, Jaiberth antonio
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2023
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AMERICAN INDIAN
ARTICLE
COLOMBIA
FEMALE
HUMAN
HUMANS
INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN
MALE
MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL
METHODOLOGY
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
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spelling Cardona Arias, Jaiberth antonio2023-05-24T16:21:40Z2023-05-24T16:21:40Z04/06/2012https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84878288607&partnerID=40&md5=9f6ddb1549259772cec71a5803b239a901240064https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/49733Cardona Arias Jaiberth antonio.The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia.Revista de Salud Publica. 2012. 14. (4):p. 630-643Objective 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.jaiberth.cardona@campusucc.edu.co630-643Universidad Nacional de ColombiaAMERICAN INDIANARTICLECOLOMBIAFEMALEHUMANHUMANSINDIANS, SOUTH AMERICANMALEMEDICINE, TRADITIONALMETHODOLOGYTRADITIONAL MEDICINEThe 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/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Publication20.500.12494/49733oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/497332024-08-20 16:18:14.383metadata.onlyhttps://repository.ucc.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad Cooperativa de Colombiabdigital@metabiblioteca.com
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia
title The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia
spellingShingle The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia
AMERICAN INDIAN
ARTICLE
COLOMBIA
FEMALE
HUMAN
HUMANS
INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN
MALE
MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL
METHODOLOGY
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
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
title_full_unstemmed The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia
title_sort The traditional medical system of the Emberá-Chamí Indians in the Caldas department, Colombia
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Cardona Arias, Jaiberth antonio
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Cardona Arias, Jaiberth antonio
dc.subject.spa.fl_str_mv AMERICAN INDIAN
ARTICLE
COLOMBIA
FEMALE
HUMAN
HUMANS
INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN
MALE
MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL
METHODOLOGY
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
topic AMERICAN INDIAN
ARTICLE
COLOMBIA
FEMALE
HUMAN
HUMANS
INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN
MALE
MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL
METHODOLOGY
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
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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