WORKSHOP: Medical Pluralism in Multicultural California

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关的研讨会，一个在圣克鲁斯，另一个在洛杉矶。在每个研讨会上，他们将汇集研究人员，他们的工作有助于理解美国当代医学多元化的实践和经验。医学多元主义是指在单一的社会背景下，不同的医疗体系共存。虽然之前大多数关于医疗多元化的研究都是关于对抗疗法或西方医学在非西方社会的延伸，但沃尔夫-迈耶和陈将把他们的研讨会集中在当代西方市场驱动背景下的消费者选择上。由于其悠久的多元化移民传统和多种既定的医疗选择，加州是一个特别适合这项工作的地点。研讨会的成果将成为一本关于美国医学多元化的专业杂志的特刊，并建立一个研究人员网络，以便为未来的研究、资助申请和出版物汇集他们的集体知识和资源。

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.