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Multiple therapeutic use in urban Nepal.

M Durkin-Longley

    Social Science & Medicine (1982)
    |January 1, 1984
    PubMed
    Summary

    In medically pluralistic settings, people often use multiple healers, not just one per illness. Patient preferences may not predict actual healing choices, highlighting a gap between attitudes and behavior.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Anthropology
    • Sociology of Health and Illness
    • Global Health

    Background:

    • Medically pluralistic settings feature diverse healing systems.
    • Studies show two patterns of healer resort: illness-specific and multiple use.
    • The pattern observed may depend on data type: attitudes vs. actual choices.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate patterns of healer resort in medically pluralistic settings.
    • To examine the relationship between patient attitudes and actual therapeutic choices.
    • To explain the prevalence of multiple therapeutic use and attitude-behavior disparity.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of 24 ethnographic studies on therapeutic resort.
    • Analysis of data from a study on attitudes and help-seeking in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    • Comparison of findings on general attitudes versus observed therapeutic choices.

    Main Results:

    • Interview data on attitudes often show illness-specific patterns.
    • Observation of actual help-seeking behavior frequently reveals multiple use.
    • Attitudes and preferences do not always predict actual therapeutic strategies.

    Conclusions:

    • The method of data collection (attitudes vs. behavior) influences observed patterns of healer resort.
    • A significant disparity exists between stated preferences and actual therapeutic choices.
    • Understanding this disparity is crucial for accurate ethnographic descriptions of health-seeking behavior.

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