TY - JOUR
T1 - Transforming the boundaries of health care
T2 - Insights from Somali migrants
AU - Tiilikainen, Marja
AU - Koehn, Peter H.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Despite its growing practice, transnational medical care has not yet been embedded as a critical component of health research, professional practice, or analyses of changes in the social determinants of health. Biomedical practitioners in Finland have failed to take into account the transformative role of transnational health care. Consequently, Somali migrants do not receive informed advice on how to incorporate distant practices into physical and mental health plans. By connecting here-and-there (Finland and Somaliland) studies involving outlooks on and experiences of illness, healing, and interactions among Somali migrants and their medical providers, we show how transnational connections augment personal resilience.
AB - Despite its growing practice, transnational medical care has not yet been embedded as a critical component of health research, professional practice, or analyses of changes in the social determinants of health. Biomedical practitioners in Finland have failed to take into account the transformative role of transnational health care. Consequently, Somali migrants do not receive informed advice on how to incorporate distant practices into physical and mental health plans. By connecting here-and-there (Finland and Somaliland) studies involving outlooks on and experiences of illness, healing, and interactions among Somali migrants and their medical providers, we show how transnational connections augment personal resilience.
KW - Indigenous healers
KW - Medical education
KW - Mental health
KW - Somalis
KW - Transnational health care
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/80052689765
U2 - 10.1080/01459740.2011.577288
DO - 10.1080/01459740.2011.577288
M3 - Article
C2 - 21916683
AN - SCOPUS:80052689765
SN - 0145-9740
VL - 30
SP - 518
EP - 544
JO - Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
JF - Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
IS - 5
ER -
