A Hierarchy of Medicine: Health Strategies of Elder Khmer Refugees in the United States

Autor/in	Lewis, Denise C.
Titel	A Hierarchy of Medicine: Health Strategies of Elder Khmer Refugees in the United States
Quelle	In: Qualitative Report, 12 (2007) 2, S.146-165 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-0147
Schlagwörter	Participant Observation; Physicians; Chronic Illness; Ideology; Biomedicine; Refugees; Cambodians; Older Adults; Asian Americans; Indigenous Knowledge; Prevention; Intervention; Interviews; Cultural Influences; Health Behavior; Dietetics; Aging (Individuals); Alabama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Ideologie; Biomedizin; Flüchtling; Kambodschanisch; Älterer Erwachsener; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Ernährungslehre; Aging; Altern
Abstract	This study addresses ways Khmer refugee elders utilize traditional herbal medicine with Western biomedicine in the treatment and prevention of illnesses. Methods include semi-structured and informal interviews with elders and family members, semi-structured interviews with local health care providers and Khmer physicians, and participant observation of everyday life and actions specific to health beliefs and behaviors. Data reveal a reliance on traditional medical ideology for understanding and treating illnesses. Utilizing a traditional ideology, Khmer elders rely heavily on traditional treatments and use Western biomedicine as supplements or adjuncts to traditional preventive and curative practices. This research has important implications for health care providers who treat SEA elders, especially for diet and treatment of chronic illnesses often associated with aging populations. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10