Health Care Delays and Social Suffering Among Indigenous People with Diabetic Foot Complications in Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4564447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Montesi (0000-0001-8916-6776, Conahcyt, CIESAS Pacífico Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico, corresponding author), María Guadalupe Ramírez-Rojas (0000-0002-4251-8014, Conahcyt, CIESAS Sureste, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico), Jesús Elizarrarás-Rivas (0000-0003-3416-0267, Health Research Coordination, Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 411-427 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01459740.2024.2364241 |
| PMID | 38865593 |
| OpenAlex | W4399560932 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
Diabetic foot (DF) is a leading cause of nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations, premature death, and a sign of social inequality in diabetes treatment. In Mexico, the incidence of DF is on the rise yet little is known about its impact among indigenous people, a disadvantaged group. Based on ethnographic research conducted in Oaxaca and analysis of institutional health-data, in this article we show the health care delays that rural indigenous people face when dealing with DF. Indigenous people's uncertainty regarding their right to health and the structural barriers to medical care favor DF complications, a phenomenon that should be read as social suffering. Since health data concerning indigenous health care service users is patchy and imprecise, indigenous people's social suffering is invisibilized. This omission or partiality in the official records limits public health decision-making and undermines the human rights of the population
Diabetes mellitus · Diabetic foot · Disadvantaged · Environmental health · Ethnography · Health care · Indigenous · Political science · Population · Public health · Sociology · Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Oral Health Pathology and Treatment · Wound Healing and Treatments · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |