Lay reflections of health experiences and Sinhalese medicine in Sri Lanka

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18957453
AutoresSamitha Udayanga (0000-0002-9826-691X, University of Ruhuna, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen17
Número4
Páginas276-292
Fecha de publicación2018-10-02
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAsian Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1683-478X • E-ISSN: 2168-4227
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1683478x.2018.1524432
OpenAlexW2899655001
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas24

This report analyzes how lay reflections of health have been integrated into context-specific traditional medical systems in Sri Lanka. Interviews, focus group discussions, and case studies with people practicing traditional medicine and patients treated with it have shown how health is a socio-cultural experience embedded in Sinhalese culture. Sinhalese medicine as a major traditional medical system in the country has corresponded to laypersons’ reflections of health, thereby reforming its structure so that it can provide a more reliable service to those who are in need. Compared to the allopathic medical system, this report argues that Sinhalese medicine in Sri Lanka is capable of accommodating lay reflections more precisely, since it is a culturally responsive medical system in the country

Allopathic medicine · Alternative medicine · Ethnology · Focus group · Medical education · Pathology · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · South asia · Sri lanka · Traditional medicine · Anthropology · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Historical and modern epidemiology studies · History · Medicine