Abstract
The present research was conducted in Zandra village of Ziarat district in the province of Balochistan. Anthropological research techniques were used to collect empirical data. In this article, an effort has been made to understand the natives’ cultural beliefs and practices in health care sector. The main focus of this research was to understand the nature of development, internal and external factors responsible for the changes and the actual beneficiaries of the development. An effort has also been made to find out the health care systems working in the village which included both faith healing and allopathic medicines. Initially the natives were using traditional and spiritual healing systems, but now as their economic condition and literacy rate are increasing, they are more inclined towards the modern methods of treatment. During the last 3 decades, many changes have been witnessed. Awareness through media and shift from subsistence to market economy have increased the use of allopathic medicines due to the fact that the natives have started opting for secondary sources of income. Besides, researcher’s endeavor to explore the shift from traditional to modern healthcare and the disparity between natives’ health related beliefs and practices, the impact of which has been analyzed in light of world system theory at micro level.
Highlights
Healing through faith is termed as “Spiritual Healing”
Ambreen highly refined in thoughts and feelings, and free from sensuality. It is a concept of intense degree of belief in the power of Divinity to the extent of total dependence for any kind of treatment or solution to problems
The belief in supernatural powers leads to total dependence on them for any cure
Summary
Healing through faith is termed as “Spiritual Healing”. It is a healing of soul through a frame of mind that isHow to cite this paper Mohyuddin, A. and Ambreen, M. (2014) From Faith Healer to a Medical Doctor: Creating Biomedical Hegemony. Ambreen highly refined in thoughts and feelings, and free from sensuality It is a concept of intense degree of belief in the power of Divinity to the extent of total dependence for any kind of treatment or solution to problems. Female respondents said that they utilized allopathic method of healing while acting upon the instructions of educated family members, especially the elder son and husband They mentioned that their husbands or the elder sons do not allow them to go to any faith healer and they have to turn towards the allopathic mode of healing. About consulting other traditional healers they added that even after getting education, depending upon traditional methods of healing would cause wastage of time and health resulting in further deterioration of disease This cause for utilization of allopathic mode, confirms that education has direct impact on utilization of allopathic mode of treatment
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