Desenmascarando a los impostores

Los médicos profesionales y su lucha contra los falsos médicos en Perú

Bibliographic Data

ID15530871
AuthorsPatricia Palma (0000-0003-1328-9635, University of Tarapacá, corresponding author), José Ragas (0000-0002-0074-1111, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Year2019
Volume15
Pagese2162-e2162
Publication date2019-12-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSalud Colectiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1669-2381 • E-ISSN: 1851-8265
PublisherInstituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús (PUBLISHER • AR)
DOI10.18294/sc.2019.2162
PMID32022126
OpenAlexW2997638512
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

The characterization of non-professional healers as "quacks" or "impostors" has influenced much of how such actors have been perceived by public opinion and in academic research. As a result of this, a divide has emerged between professional physicians, on the one hand, and those who acquired their knowledge in a traditional and non-academic way, on the other. This work questions the alleged divide between these two groups in the health field in order to offer a more complex and richer picture of local practices in Peru. Based mainly on correspondence from the Faculty of Medicine in Lima and newspaper ads, we reconstructed the attempts made by medical authorities to contain and exclude healers of Asian, European, or local backgrounds, many of which failed. For this reason, we studied two specific devices designed to legitimate and monitor physicians trained professionally: degrees or diplomas and lists of graduates, both of which are predecessors to our current identification cards and databases

Art · Humanities · Political science · Public Health and Social Inequalities · Social Issues and Policies in Latin America

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