Embodied health practices:The use of Traditional Healing and Conventional Medicine in a North Norwegian Community

• Published in: Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Main Authors: Kiil, Mona Anita, Salamonsen, Anita
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MCSER Publishing 2013
• Subjects: VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Andre helsefag: 829; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Other health science disciplines: 829; Nordreisa; Norway; sami; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10091; https://doi.org/10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n3p483

Scandinavian welfare states like Norway represent a cultural context in which citizens who become ill are supposed to trust and receive health care within the conventional health care system that is officially subsidized and based on biomedical knowledge. Despite this officially initiated health pra...