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Healing comes in many forms, and some of them are culture-bound. Traditional healing practices and remedies may not have rigorous science undergirding them, since the nation’s investment in medical research has gone mostly to high tech and pharmaceutical interventions.
Public health nurse and HealthCetera Co-Director Barbara Glickstein, explores traditional healing practices among Mexican-Americans with Carolyn Ortiz, Associate Professor of Holistic Nursing at Pacific College of Health and Science. Carolyn Ortiz grew up in a bicultural and bilingual household on the border of Mexico and South Texas. She learned a great deal about traditional healing practices of Mexican-American women- especially from her grandmother. It has informed her research as a doctoral candidate in nursing at Villanova University’s M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing.
This interview first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on June 9, 2021.
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