From the pragmatic use of traditional medicine by the health sector to the ideological exclusion of anthropological perspectives: the case of Mexico (1930-2022)

• Egile nagusia: Eduardo L. Menéndez (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Instituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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This article analyzes two general lines of research on traditional medicine used by Mexican indigenous peoples since the 15th century up to the present day. The first - pioneered by anthropologists and physicians with anthropological training - addresses traditional medicine so as to promote biomedi...