structural violence
When a Machi Arrives at the Hospital. An Experience of Integration between Indigenous and Occidental Medicine in Santiago de Chile
By: IRENE SCHOEFBERGER – My thesis deals with an experiment of integration between traditional Mapuche medicine and biomedicine in a public hospital in Santiago de Chile. Furthermore, it deals with the Mapuche identity as it is claimed and its influence in the pursuit of intercultural health policies. My thesis suggests that the decision to consider…