Negotiating Biomedical and Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatments Among Elderly Chinese Singaporean Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4648103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leanne Chang (0000-0001-9008-2166, National University of Singapore, Singapore), Iccha Basnyat (0000-0002-5051-2317, National University of Singapore, Singapore) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241-252 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732314551991 |
| PMID | 25234107 |
| OpenAlex | W2125185694 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 30 |
In this article we examine how elderly Chinese Singaporean women navigated between biomedicine and traditional Chinese medicine in their practices of maintaining well-being. We interviewed 36 elderly women to understand their negotiation of medical choices in the interplay of structure, culture, and personal agency. Our findings show that participants made situational decisions under structural and cultural influences, such as family members' changing expectations and interpretations of medical practices, institutional preferences for biomedicine, and the patients' negotiating position between biomedicine and traditional Chinese medicine. Participants demonstrated their capacity to enact agency through their examination of the effects and side effects of each medical system and through their integrative use of different medical treatments, depending on the purpose. Through our findings, we unveil contextual meanings of health among elderly women and the unique coexistence of traditional and modern medical practices within the context of Singapore
Alternative medicine · Biomedicine · Negotiation · Situational ethics · Social science · Sociology · Traditional Chinese medicine · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Empathy and Medical Education · History · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0.9 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |