Gender, domestic violence and sickness in Mexico

A study finds that over half the people seeking treatment from Spiritualist healers in Mexico are women and 76.2% of patients seen at outpatient clinics are also women. Reasons for the morbidity among these women are discussed, including illness, domestic violence, and sex status.

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Published inSocial science & medicine (1982) Vol. 45; no. 8; pp. 1147 - 1160
Main Author Finkler, Kaja
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.1997
Elsevier
Pergamon Press Inc
SeriesSocial Science & Medicine
Subjects
Adult
Culture
Domestic violence
Family Violence
Female
Females
Gender
Health
Health conditions
Health Problems
History of medicine
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Illness
Illnesses
Marriage
Mexico
Morbidity
Poor
Poverty
Relationship
Sex discrimination
Sickness
Social conditions
Socioeconomic Factors
Spousal abuse
Spouse Abuse
Spouse Abuse - economics
Spouse Abuse - history
Spouse Abuse - psychology
Violence
Well-being
Women
Women's Health
Mexico
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Summary:A study finds that over half the people seeking treatment from Spiritualist healers in Mexico are women and 76.2% of patients seen at outpatient clinics are also women. Reasons for the morbidity among these women are discussed, including illness, domestic violence, and sex status.
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ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00023-3