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Borders and Barriers: Perspectives on Aging and Alternative Medicine Among Transnational North Indian Immigrants

This study explores the practice of alternative medicine among a group of senior, transnational Indian immigrants. I analyze how cross-cultural ideologies influence aging and immigrant experiences in healthcare. I explore the ways in which transnational networks nurture social relations and aid in acquiring healthcare resources. This study also examines the developments that alternative medicine underwent during the colonial rule and how those developments affected the trajectory of biomedicine. I focus on the practice of alternative medicine as a significant contributor to immigrant health. Finally, I argue that we need to strive for a symbiosis between alternative medicine and Western biomedicine based on multicultural sensibilities and socio-economic factors that call for a pluralistic medical system in a globalized world.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:GEORGIA/oai:digitalarchive.gsu.edu:anthro_theses-1045
Date01 December 2010
CreatorsMehta, Kanan B
PublisherDigital Archive @ GSU
Source SetsGeorgia State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceAnthropology Theses

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