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PAPALINI, Vanina  e  AVELIN CESCO, María Josefina. Medical pluralism: regulations and health concepts in six Latin American countries. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2022, vol.30, n.59.  Epub 28-Abr-2021. ISSN 0188-7653.  https://doi.org/10.18504/pl3059-009-2022.

The purpose of this article is to discuss the notion of medical pluralism, understood as the ability to integrate non-biomedical medicines -native American therapeutics, natural and herbal medicines and complementary and alternative medicines- into the Latin American health model. We discuss WHO definitions and analyze different current classifications. Finally, we examined a panel of six countries: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, comparing them briefly, to establish how and to what extent the different medicines practiced in Latin America are recognized in their regulations and laws.

Palavras-chave : health; indigenous American medicines; complementary and alternative medicines; pluralism; WHO; Latin America.

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