title: Herbal medicine in the Puerto Rican community.
abstract: This article focuses on one aspect of health in the Puerto Rican community in the United States--the continuing utilization of herbal medicine and folk healers in the prevention and cure of illness. In addition to providing a fundamental explanation of this system of healing, the author makes recommendations for increasing the satisfaction of Puerto Rican patients with health care services.
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001828:Body Image; D003153:Community Health Services; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology