Date of Award
Fall 12-2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Cassandra White
Second Advisor
Kathryn A. Kozaitis
Third Advisor
Bethany Turner
Abstract
This study explores the practice of alternative medicine among a group of senior, transnational Indian immigrants. I analyze how cross-cultural ideologies influence aging and immigrant experiences in healthcare. I explore the ways in which transnational networks nurture social relations and aid in acquiring healthcare resources. This study also examines the developments that alternative medicine underwent during the colonial rule and how those developments affected the trajectory of biomedicine. I focus on the practice of alternative medicine as a significant contributor to immigrant health. Finally, I argue that we need to strive for a symbiosis between alternative medicine and Western biomedicine based on multicultural sensibilities and socio-economic factors that call for a pluralistic medical system in a globalized world.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1674942
Recommended Citation
Mehta, Kanan B., "Borders and Barriers: Perspectives on Aging and Alternative Medicine Among Transnational North Indian Immigrants." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2010.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1674942