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Patient-centered boundary mechanisms to foster intercultural partnerships in health care: a case study in Guatemala

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2017
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Hitziger, M., Berger Gonzalez, M., Gharzouzi, E., Ochaíta Santizo, D., Solis Miranda, R., Aguilar Ferro, A. I., Vides-Porras, A., Heinrich, M., Edwards, P., & Krütli, P. (2017). Patient-centered boundary mechanisms to foster intercultural partnerships in health care: a case study in Guatemala. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 13, online. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0170-y

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BACKGROUND: Up to one half of the population in Africa, Asia and Latin America has little access to high-quality biomedical services and relies on traditional health systems. Medical pluralism is thus in many developing countries the rule rather than the exception, which is why the World Health Organization is calling for intercultural partnerships to improve health care in these regions. They are, however, challenging due to disparate knowledge systems and lack of trust that hamper understanding and collaboration. We developed a coll

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  • Hitziger, Martin
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  • Berger Gonzalez, Mónica
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  • Gharzouzi, Eduardo
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  • Ochaíta Santizo, Daniela
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  • Solis Miranda, Regina
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  • Aguilar Ferro, Andrea Isabel
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  • Vides-Porras, Ana
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  • Heinrich, Michael
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  • Edwards, Peter
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  • Krütli, Pius
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13

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44

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online

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Boundary management, Central America, Guatemala, Integrative medicine, Intercultural health, Mayan medicine, Partnerships, Traditional medicine

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English

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2017

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2017-08-18

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1746-4269

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Hitziger, M., Berger Gonzalez, M., Gharzouzi, E., Ochaíta Santizo, D., Solis Miranda, R., Aguilar Ferro, A. I., Vides-Porras, A., Heinrich, M., Edwards, P., & Krütli, P. (2017). Patient-centered boundary mechanisms to foster intercultural partnerships in health care: a case study in Guatemala. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 13, online. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0170-y

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