Traditional andean healers in the context of change: the case of Churcampa in Peru

Objectives. Describe the diversity of traditional healers, their links with the formal health system and changes in their therapeutic resources in two rural Andean communities in Churcampa, in the region of Huancavelica, Peru. Materials and methods. Qualitative study which combined three ethnographi...

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Main Authors: Julio Portocarrero, Helen Palma-Pinedo, M. Amalia Pesantes, Gerardo Seminario, Claudia Lema
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2015-09-01
Series:Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
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Online Access:https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/1685