International conference: Justice in modern health care. Perspectives for the 21st century, hosted by the BMBF-Junior Research Group “Justice in Modern Medicine”

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-253
Author(s):  
John-Stewart Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Junior Research

Revising the ERDs for the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
John F. Brehany ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Moral Tradition ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Catholic Health Care

Since their inception in 1948, The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) have guided Catholic health care ministries in the United States, aiding in the application of Catholic moral tradition to modern health care delivery. The ERDs have undergone two major revisions in that time, with about twenty years separating each revision. The first came in 1971 and the second came twenty-six years ago, in 1995. As such, a third major revision is due and will likely be undertaken soon.

Modernization and Medical Care

1988 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene B. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Modernization Theory ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Symbolic Meanings ◽  
Clinical Benefits ◽  
Developing Societies ◽  
Social Scientific

The introduction of modern medicine into developing societies is an important topic for social-scientific analysis. Here I draw upon modernization theory to illuminate this topic. Using Peter Berger's notion of “carriers of modernity,” I discuss health care as such a carrier. Compared with premodern modes of health care, modern health care has a calculable, “commodity” character. Its production has become a major and increasingly systematized sector of the economy. In addition to its manifest clinical benefits, health care conveys the symbolic meanings of modernity. It participates in the broad though uneven passage of technology and values from Western societies to metropolitan areas in developing societies and thence to the hinterland. Health care as the focus of demodernization strains is also examined, through case examples drawn from Amish and Islamic contexts.

Interfact of Traditional and Modern Medicine in Mali

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Pascal James Imperato
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Delivery System ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Traditional Practitioners

Few would dispute the claim that traditional medical practitioners provide most of the health care in Africa today. The reasons for this are several and include the availability and accessibility of traditional practitioners to the mass of people and faith in their skills. In recent years much discussion has centered on the issue of integrating traditional practitioners into the modern health care delivery system (Good, 1977). Strong arguments have been mustered on either side of this question, and they are often presented with heated emotion. The degree and level of integration is also hotly disputed, and shades of opinion range from advocating dialogue between the two systems to proposing that traditional practitioners be “legitimized” and integrated into the modern health care delivery system. Most opinions on this broad subject area have been publicly voiced or written by those whose culture reference is western. We know very little about how traditional practitioners feel about the matter.

scholarly journals Synergy between indigenous knowledge systems, modern health care system and scientific research – a vision for the 21st century

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽  
Care Systems

Research already conducted in African countries indicates that the majority of patients still seek help from the traditional indigenous health care systems. Opsomming Navorsing wat reeds in Afrika-lande onderneem is, dui aan dat die meerderheid pasiënte steeds hulp soek vanaf die tradisioneel inheemse gesondheidsorgsisteme. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINAL USES OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS ON PNEUMONIA BY THE GUJJAR AND PAHARI TRIBES OF POONCH DISTRICT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMIL AHMED KHAN ◽  
RAJINDER PAUL
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Care Facilities

Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir is a reservoir of enormous natural resources including the wealth of medicinal plants. The present paper deals with 12 medicinal plant species belonging to 8 genera of angiosperms used on pneumonia in cattle such as cows, sheep, goats and buffaloes in different areas of Poonch district. Due to poverty and nonavailability of modern health care facilities, the indigenous people of the area partially or fully depend on surrounding medicinal plants to cure the different ailments of their cattles. Further research on modern scientific line is necessary to improve their efficacy, safety and validation of the traditional knowledge.

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