Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel
Difficulties of health prefessionals facing the use of medicinal plants and fitotherapy
Objective: To identify the difficulties encountered by doctors and nurses on the applicability of medicinal plants and phytotherapics in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) of Caico/RN. Methods: A qualitative and descriptive study developed with 19 health professionals. The data collection occurred between January and February 2011 through semi-structured interviews with treatment and analysis mediated by thematic content analysis. Results: The subjects show that the cultural resistance of the population, the lack of knowledge of the health professionals on integrative and complementary practices (PIC), the lack of inputs in the health services and the fragility of popular knowledge hinder the use of medicinal plants and phytotherapy. Conclusion: It is necessary some investments in this area with capacitating actions and training of human resources, besides the physical and structural support. It is suggested the realization of researches along of teaching about PIC and evaluation of the egress' ability to respond to the demands in health services.
- Alternative title
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Dificuldades de profissionais de saúde frente ao uso de plantas medicinais e fitoterápicos
Dificultades de profesionales de la salud sobre el uso de plantas medicinales y fitoterápicos
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2175-5361
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Seite(n): 3588-3600
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Bibliographic citation
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Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5(2)
- Subject
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Soziologie, Anthropologie
Medizinsoziologie
Gesundheit
Familie
Gesundheitspersonal
Arzneimittel
Alternativmedizin
Pflege
Wissen
Ausbildung
Arzt
Pflegepersonal
Bevölkerung
Einstellung
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Varela, Danielle Souza Silva
Azevedo, Dulcian Medeiros de
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Veröffentlichung
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2013
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55128-9
- Rights
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
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- Zeitschriftenartikel
Associated
- Varela, Danielle Souza Silva
- Azevedo, Dulcian Medeiros de
Time of origin
- 2013