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Clinical implications of a folk illness: empacho in mainland Puerto Ricans
L M Pachter1, B Bernstein, A Osorio
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford 06105.
Medical Anthropology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The study of folk illnesses provides insight into client health beliefs and behaviors. This paper describes the expression of empacho in children living in a mainland Puerto Rican community. Etiology, symptom presentation, and treatment options in various health care sectors, as well as an investigation of overlapping folk/biomedical symptom domains are described. Implications regarding health and health care in the multicultural setting are discussed.