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The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health“I Chose This ‘Other Way’”: An Ethnographic Approach to Medical Pluralism Within the Context of Greek Cancer Care

The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health: “I Chose This ‘Other Way’”: An Ethnographic... [This chapter examines the conflicting relationship that seems to be raised within the context of medical pluralism. Drawing on material from the ethnographic research conducted in a public anti-cancer hospital in Athens (Greece), the chapter explores the context of therapeutic choice, the process of which is resulting into the emergence of discourses around morality and legality. Within the context of economic crisis in Greece, (cancer) patients/medical consumers find themselves at the intersection of biomedicine and alternative medicine, able to choose which treatment option fits better to them. The ethnographic analysis is focused on the way that (cancer) patients and oncologists perceive and contextualize this choice. The chapter addresses the complex relationship and conflicting discourses that are embedded in a framework within which legality and morality are connected to each other resulting into cultural shifts in the expectation of health care.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health“I Chose This ‘Other Way’”: An Ethnographic Approach to Medical Pluralism Within the Context of Greek Cancer Care

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology Book Series
Editors: Pardo, Italo; Prato, Giuliana B.
Varelaki, Falia
The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health — May 4, 2023
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
ISBN
978-3-031-25591-5
Pages
97 –111
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-25592-2_5
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Abstract

[This chapter examines the conflicting relationship that seems to be raised within the context of medical pluralism. Drawing on material from the ethnographic research conducted in a public anti-cancer hospital in Athens (Greece), the chapter explores the context of therapeutic choice, the process of which is resulting into the emergence of discourses around morality and legality. Within the context of economic crisis in Greece, (cancer) patients/medical consumers find themselves at the intersection of biomedicine and alternative medicine, able to choose which treatment option fits better to them. The ethnographic analysis is focused on the way that (cancer) patients and oncologists perceive and contextualize this choice. The chapter addresses the complex relationship and conflicting discourses that are embedded in a framework within which legality and morality are connected to each other resulting into cultural shifts in the expectation of health care.]

Published: May 4, 2023

Keywords: Medical pluralism; Cancer care; Alternative medicine; Greece

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