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La Medicina Tradicional Y La Medicina Moderna En Cusco, Katelyn Scott
La Medicina Tradicional Y La Medicina Moderna En Cusco, Katelyn Scott
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Cuando estaba tratando a escoger un tema para esta investigación encontré esta cita, “In the assessment of the World Health Organization (WHO), the majority of the population of most developing countries regularly use and rely on traditional medicine for their everyday healthcare needs[1]” (Bodeker 23). En hecho, WHO dice que casi 80% de la población de un país desarrollado todavía usa la medicina tradicional (Mendoza, 439). Estas citas me interesé y por eso decidí a investigar las perspectivas que las personas en Cusco tienen sobre la medicina tradicional y la medicina moderna. Quiera aprender si la medicina tradicional …
Healers And Researchers: Towards A More Balanced Relationship, Gracie Tewkesbury
Healers And Researchers: Towards A More Balanced Relationship, Gracie Tewkesbury
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
In my seminar paper, I discussed the benefits for both parties of collaboration between traditional healers and modern scientific researchers. If research is done on the medicinal effects of plants, these cures can be used more safely and effectively by members of the community. This relationship is greatly beneficial in theory, but the reality is less than ideal. Researchers, especially foreign ones, depreciate and exploit the knowledge of healers, and as a result, healers are often distrustful and unwilling to collaborate. The relationship between healers and researchers potentially holds the cures to countless diseases and can contribute directly to greater …