Medical pluralism in world perspective [1]

Insight in psychosis: An independent predictor of outcome or an explanatory model of illness?

“…Disease models of causation are almost universal in rural India and in low and middle-income countries for illnesses of short duration (e.g. fever, diarrhea) (Leslie, 1980;Weiss, 1988). In fact, physicians are under pressure to provide immediate relief from symptoms.…”

Convergence or divergence? A multidimensional approach to healthcare reforms

“…traditional and alternative medicines) and non-specialist (popular medicine, self-help) type, 15 according with a concept of medical pluralism (Leslie, 1980) in the healthcare system which includes the complex of all medical traditions, even though deeply different from each other, existing in a specific society.…”

Pathways, intersections, and hotspots

“…Hence, practical, rather than ideological or theoretical, concerns lead people to try Tibetan medicine, independent of potential conflicting notions of the body, illness, and treatment rationale. Therapeutic pragmatism in pluralistic medical landscapes has been well documented (see, for instance, Leslie 1980;Lock and Kaufert 1998;Obermeyer 2000;Scheid 2002). Similarly, in Rebgong, the choice of trying medicines is pragmatic, with little ambivalence involved; it is an easy choice.…”