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| Title |
Is there a divide between local medicinal knowledge and Western medicine? a case study among native Amazonians in Bolivia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, August 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-4-18 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laura Calvet-Mir, Victoria Reyes-García, Susan Tanner |
| Abstract |
Interest in ethnomedicine has grown in the last decades, with much research focusing on how local medicinal knowledge can contribute to Western medicine. Researchers have emphasized the divide between practices used by local medical practitioners and Western doctors. However, researchers have also suggested that merging concepts and practices from local medicinal knowledge and Western science have the potential to improve public health and support medical independence of local people. In this article we study the relations between local and Western medicinal knowledge within a native Amazonian population, the Tsimane'. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 113 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Uganda | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 106 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 29 | 26% |
| Unknown | 18 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 13 | 12% |
| Unknown | 22 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 October 2023.
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#122
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#10,828
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#2
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