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Peer reviewedApplewhite, Steven Lozano – Health & Social Work, 1995
Elderly Mexican Americans (n=25) participated in ethnographic interviews about folk healing and its influence on health care behaviors. Participants relied on modern medicine to treat serious injuries but still considered folk healing a viable alternative when modern health care was unsatisfactory or ineffective. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Adults, Ethnic Groups, Ethnography, Folk Culture
