Abstract

FIGUEROA DUARTE, Ana Silvia. De expedientes y narrativas: mirada médica y experiencia del padecimiento en niños y adolescentes con epilepsia en Hermosillo. Región y sociedad [online]. 2008, vol.20, n.spe2, pp.127-162. ISSN 2448-4849.

This article is a summary of the main results obtained in my doctoral thesis in the area of sociocultural epidemiology and within the Doctorate in Social Sciences Program at El Colegio de Sonora. This research was carried out by using two strategies: first, by analyzing the clinical records (a one-year census) in a local child care unit in order to know the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of epilepsy, and, second, six families living in the city's outskirts were interviewed with the aim to know, from their point of view, the main problems they have faced while caring for their children with epilepsy. Finally, a number of considerations and suggestions are made.

Keywords : epilepsy; inequity; sociocultural epidemiology; gender; agency; mothers' narratives.

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