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- Title
Atención médica y diferencia cultural. Acceso a atención médica de mujeres musulmanas en Bogotá.
- Authors
Camilo Arboleda-Sarmiento, Juan; Suárez-Montañez, Roberto
- Abstract
Since 1991, Colombia has been defined as a multicultural country. However, the application of this definition is uncertain still. With this background, our text explores the relationship between cultural diversity and the access to health services based on the case of Muslim women in Bogota, Colombia. We propose how lifestyles, gender, and belief systems affect the path of care and the therapeutic meeting of people defined as Muslim in the health care services. We developed a qualitative work articulating public health and medical anthropology. We found that the access to medical care of Muslim women is mediated by social interactions facilitating medical disagreements. From there we surmise that health promotion and disease prevention require the understanding and integration of culture as a mediating category in public health.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; MEDICAL care; MUSLIM women; WOMEN; CROSS-cultural differences; MULTICULTURALISM; GENDER studies; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH
- Publication
Revista Gerencia y Políticas de Salud, 2016, Vol 15, Issue 31, p30
- ISSN
1657-7027
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11144/Javeriana.rgyps15-31.amdc