Women and health care on a Guatemalan plantation

Sheila Cosminsky

Social Science & Medicine, 1987, vol. 25, issue 10, 1163-1173

Abstract: Women on a Guatemalan plantation are responsible for the health care of their families and are the primary therapeutic decision makers. This study focuses on women as lay health care providers. They provide medical care directly through home treatment and indirectly through strategies which increase their access to resources which enable them to utilize various illness treatment options.

Keywords: women; health; care; Guatemala; decision-making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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