Traveling Cultures and Plants: The Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacy of Human MigrationsAndrea Pieroni, Ina Vandebroek The tremendous increase in migrations and diasporas of human groups in the last decades are not only bringing along challenging issues for society, especially related to the economic and political management of multiculturalism and culturally effective health care, but they are also creating dramatic changes in traditional knowledge, believes and practices (KBP) related to (medicinal) plant use. The contributors to this volume – all internationally recognized scholars in the field of ethnobiology, transcultural pharmacy, and medical anthropology – analyze these dynamics of traditional knowledge in especially 12 selected case studies. Ina Vandebroek, features in Nova's "Secret Life of Scientists", answering the question: just what is ethnobotany? |
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... interviewed described how they used plants curatively to treat common illnesses, such as colds, cough, sore throat, and stomachache, as well as chronic health conditions such as menopause, hyperglycemia, and hypertension. The study also ...
... interviews with immigrant women in Sweden.” Ethnicity & Health. 7: 149–161. Kim, Y. 2001. Becoming intercultural. An integrative theory of communication and cross cultural adaptation. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. Mackenbach, J.P. ...
... interviewed. Interviews with the healers provided additional insight into healing beliefs and practices (Reiff et al. 2003) and a more thorough understanding of medicinal plant recommendations for the patients (Balicket al. 2000) ...
... interview questions and relevant women's health conditions, we depended on our fieldwork in New York City with Dominican healers and piloted the questions with our collaborators in the Dominican Republic. Semi-structured interviews were ...
... interviews were recorded on audiotape except for one healer who did not want to be taped. Informed consent was obtained prior to beginning the interview or survey. Dominican Women's Health Conditions To narrow the focus of women's ...
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