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Artikel | Anthroposophic Medicine in Latin America: Open windows for the future |
Autor | Iracema de Almeida Benevides |
Seiten | 235-240 |
Volume | 73 |
Zusammenfassung
After 100 years that Anthroposophic Medicine
emerged in Switzerland and Germany with an innovative
and thriving integrative perspective on health and
disease approach, it is currently present worldwide.
Latin America comprises a wide geographic area
formed by countries and territories situated in North,
Central and South America, which share many features,
although each country has its own unique identity.
Three main pathways can be identified in the history
of Anthroposophic Medicine in Latin America. The first
track happened in the beginning of the 1950s in Brazil
and the 1970s in Argentina. The second track happened
in Peru in the 1990s. The third track is related to the
development of the IPMT cycles of training in the
region after the year 2000. Main countries developing
Anthroposophic Medicine are Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay with relevant
achievements in training, political and academic fields.
CIMA (Ibero-American Coordination for Anthropo -
sophic Medicine) forms the multidirectional rhythmic
system connecting the different realities. In parallel
to this development, the Pan American Health Organization
increased actions in the field of traditional,
integrative and complementary medicine in the region
and the Traditional Complementary and Integrative
Medicine Network for the Americas (Red MTyC de
las Americas) was created. This network supports the
Virtual Health Library on Traditional Complementary
and Integrative Medicine (VHL TCIM) and the Brazilian
Academic Consortium on Integrative Health.
Anthroposophic Medicine in Latin America presents
itself as a promising, vibrant and heterogeneous landscape,
formed by impulses with different strengths,
maturation time frames and cultural qualities with
open windows for the future.
Abstract
After 100 years that Anthroposophic Medicine
emerged in Switzerland and Germany with an innovative
and thriving integrative perspective on health and
disease approach, it is currently present worldwide.
Latin America comprises a wide geographic area
formed by countries and territories situated in North,
Central and South America, which share many features,
although each country has its own unique identity.
Three main pathways can be identified in the history
of Anthroposophic Medicine in Latin America. The first
track happened in the beginning of the 1950s in Brazil
and the 1970s in Argentina. The second track happened
in Peru in the 1990s. The third track is related to the
development of the IPMT cycles of training in the
region after the year 2000. Main countries developing
Anthroposophic Medicine are Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay with relevant
achievements in training, political and academic fields.
CIMA (Ibero-American Coordination for Anthropo -
sophic Medicine) forms the multidirectional rhythmic
system connecting the different realities. In parallel
to this development, the Pan American Health Organization
increased actions in the field of traditional,
integrative and complementary medicine in the region
and the Traditional Complementary and Integrative
Medicine Network for the Americas (Red MTyC de
las Americas) was created. This network supports the
Virtual Health Library on Traditional Complementary
and Integrative Medicine (VHL TCIM) and the Brazilian
Academic Consortium on Integrative Health.
Anthroposophic Medicine in Latin America presents
itself as a promising, vibrant and heterogeneous landscape,
formed by impulses with different strengths,
maturation time frames and cultural qualities with
open windows for the future.