Clinical implications of a folk illness: empacho in mainland Puerto Ricans.
The study of folk illnesses provides insight into client health beliefs and behaviors. This paper describes the expression of empacho in children living in a mainland Puerto Rican community. Etiology, symptom presentation, and treatment options in various health care sectors, as well as an investigation of overlapping folk/biomedical symptom domains are described. Implications regarding health and health care in the multicultural setting are discussed.
Pachter
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford 06105.
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D003237:Connecticut; D004435:Eating; D005502:Food; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D012463:Saliva; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires