WORKSHOP: Medical Pluralism in Multicultural California

研讨会：多元文化加州的医疗多元化

• 批准号: 1255643
• 负责人: Matthew Wolf-Meyer
• 金额: $ 0.83万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1255643&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WORKSHOP; Medical; Pluralism; Multicultural; California

Dr. Matthew Wolf-Meyer and Dr. Nancy Chen, both of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California-Santa Cruz, will convene two linked workshops, one in Santa Cruz and the other in Los Angeles. At each of these workshops they will bring together researchers whose work informs understanding of the contemporary practice and experiences of medical pluralism in the United States. Medical pluralism refers to the coexistance of different medical systems in a single societal context. While most previous research on medical pluralism has been on the extension of allopathic or western medicine into non-western societies, Wolf-Meyer and Chen will focus their workshops on consumer choice in contemporary western, market-driven contexts. Because of its long tradition of diverse immigration and multiple established medical treatment options, California is a particularly apt site for this undertaking. The outcome of the workshop will be a special issue of a professional journal on medical pluralism in the United States, and the establishment of a network of researchers who can pool their collective knowledge and resources for future research, grant applications, and publications.

加州大学圣克鲁斯分校人类学系的马修·沃尔夫-迈耶博士和南希·陈博士将召开两个相互关联的研讨会，一个在圣克鲁斯，另一个在洛杉矶。在每一个这样的研讨会上，他们都将召集研究人员，他们的工作有助于了解美国医学多元化的当代实践和经验。医学多元化是指不同的医疗制度在单一的社会背景下共存。尽管之前对医学多元化的多数研究都是关于对抗疗法或西医向非西方社会的扩展，但沃尔夫-迈耶和陈将把他们的研讨会重点放在当代西方市场驱动的背景下的消费者选择上。由于其移民多元化的悠久传统和多种既定的医疗选择，加州是一个特别适合进行这项工作的地点。研讨会的成果将是一份关于美国医学多元化的专业期刊的特刊，并建立一个研究人员网络，他们可以为未来的研究、拨款申请和出版物汇集他们的集体知识和资源。