title: [The health-disease-care process from the perspective of the users of a primary care clinic in Montevideo, Uruguay: An analysis of therapeutic trajectories].
abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze, using an ethnographic approach, the health-disease-care experiences of the users of a multi-specialty clinic that forms part of the Metropolitan Primary Health Care Network of Uruguay's Public Health Services. The fieldwork was carried out in the northeast of Montevideo from July 2012 to November 2013, combining participant observation in social and care spaces and interviews with more than 20 users. In our analysis of care trajectories we found that people incorporate different practices and beliefs when facing their health problems. The use of biomedical health care services is predominant in Uruguay; nevertheless, people engage in self-care practices and in some cases, in the use of folk, religious/magical or alternative remedies. Medical pluralism is therefore observed in facing certain common ailments or significant experiences of disease.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Antropología Social, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de la República.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Evia Bertullo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014583:Uruguay; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Primary Health Care; Delivery of Health Care; Anthropology; Medical; Uruguay