| Autor: |
Davis, Dona L. |
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Health Care for Women International; Jan1988, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p211-223, 13p |
| Abstrakt: |
Blood is a key concept used to describe various somatic states among women of all ages in a Newfoundland fishing village. Notions of blood are not quaint survivals of folk traditions but are constantly formulated in response to daily occurrences of idiomatic and villagewide events. By grafting new information onto existing cognitive frameworks, villagers have created new and malignant medical myths that are unconsciously perpetrated by local health professionals. The failure of recent local hypertension education campaigns and dramatic increases in hysterectomy and tubal ligation rates can be related to local conceptions of the importance of menstrual blood as an indicator of a diverse range of health states. This article describes how increased availability of medical services and partial assimilation of public health education information has impeded rather than enhanced informed decision making and responsible health consumerism. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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