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Macalester College
Publication Date
Summer 2011
Abstract
Morocco is a culturally diverse intersection between the African continent, the Arab world and Europe. This multiplicity is mirrored in the country’s pluralistic medical system and beliefs surrounding the concepts of illness and health. Explanations of health are endorsed by culturally specific knowledge and are then naturalized and taken as objective. A synthesis of theoretical descriptions and political-economic of medical pluralism, along with historical analysis, explains the presence of multiple health practices and how a person’s choice of medical practice is heavily influenced by dynamic socio-cultural, religious, historical, political and economic factors. This study will help improve practitioner/client narratives of illness and foster a more holistic health sector in a medically pluralistic society.
Disciplines
Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Health Services Research | Inequality and Stratification | Medicine and Health | Public Health | Public Health Education and Promotion
Recommended Citation
Martinson, Tyler, "Medical Pluralism in Morocco: The Cultural, Religious, Historical and Political-Economic Determinants of Health and Choice." (2011). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1001.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1001
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Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Health Services Research Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Medicine and Health Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons
Program Name
Morocco: Multiculturalism and Human Rights