Prácticas indígenas relacionadas con la enfermedad

Authors

  • María Clara Quintero Laverde Author Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de La Sabana

Keywords:

Health, disease, practices, believes, myths, indigenous tribes.

Abstract

Health care practices, related with disease, have been present through human history.

This article relates the practices of some of the main indigenous tribes who lived in the Colombian territory at the arrival of the Spanish.

These tribes, represented by “Chibcha” and Caribbean culture, had advanced medical knowledge, and in their communities the figure of the “chamanes”, witches, fortuneteller, were relevant.

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Author Biography

María Clara Quintero Laverde, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de La Sabana

Profesora Asociada y Directora del Programa de Pregrado de la Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia. Especialista en Administración Hospitalaria.

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Published

2009-05-27

How to Cite

Quintero Laverde, M. C. (2009). Prácticas indígenas relacionadas con la enfermedad. Aquichan, 1(1). Retrieved from https://aquichan.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/aquichan/article/view/6

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2001)

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Articles

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