Reproductive medicine in northwest Argentina: traditional and institutional systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The state of conservation of the traditional cultures of Northwest Argentina is variable and somewhat problematic but to a lesser or a greater extent all the peoples are related to an hegemonic culture. We present a case study carried out in the rural communities of the Yungas biome (Salta) where the extent of isolation varies as does the type of access to public health services. The use of medicinal plants in the area is ordinary and widely spread.

Methods

The data can be organized in two categories, as medical systems public records (for the regional hospital at Los Toldos), and as ethnobotanical sets. A total of 59 surveys to 40 interviewees were undertaken using a semi structured questionnaire. We present an analysis of the relative importance of the medicinal

SUBMITTER: Hilgert NI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1876447 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature