Indigenous Peoples and Health: Issues for Discussion and Debate

Carlos César Perafán and William D. Savedoff

No 3209, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: The discussion paper presents a summary of health specialist concerns, followed by a summary of concerns for those working on indigenous peoples' issues. The final section attempts to highlight areas of agreement and define questions for debate. In each section, the reader is encouraged to consider at least three levels of analysis: the conceptual framework, the implicit priority setting mechanisms, and technical proposals. Furthermore, it is important to keep in mind at least three different kinds of "health programs": those that aim to make "Western Medicine" available for indigenous peoples; those that aim to support and promote "Indigenous Medicine" (including medications and medical practices); and those that seek to integrate the two.

Keywords: western medicine; indigenous medicine; traditional medicine; multiculturalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-02
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english ... ssion-and-Debate.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:idb:brikps:3209

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Felipe Herrera Library ().