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Rev Biomed 2004; 15 (1)

The contribution of Medical Anthropology in the comparative study of health culture: the case of the hot/cold system in patients with respiratory diseases

García de Alba-García JE, Glascoe C, Rubel AJ, Moore CC, Casasola S, Marquez AM

Language: Spanish
References: 43
Page: 57-68
PDF size: 50.82 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective. To analyze the humoral system of Hot- Cold for six respiratory diseases, in two groups of patients at the Public Health Clinics 1 and 3 of Guadalajara and Ensenada, to establish differences and agreement on cultural knowledge.
Material and Methods. A cross sectional comparative study was conducted in 1997, using structured questionnaire. It was administered to 362 Mexicans patients, concerning the Hot-Cold humoral condition of the common cold, pneumonia, bronchitis, influenza, tuberculosis and asthma.
Results. Humoral quality of cold/hot to describe six respiratory diseases is still in use in Guadalajara and Ensenada. The percentage of informants with affirmative answers varied from 53% to 69% and 56% to 81% respectively. Women showed a higher and more consistent agreement than men, the biggest difference being in their assignment of humoral quality to TB.
Conclusions. The humoral system of hot/cold is still being used by the population for the six diseases studied, in function of its spatial diffusion and differentiation by gender.


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