A drug for Chagas disease? Medicine uses, experiences of efficacy and the management of the condition
Abstract
The pharmacological treatment for Chagas has been recently ubicated at the center of scientific debates and clinical practice. However, detection and treatment rates are low globally. Based on an ethnographic study on the experience of the effectiveness of the parasiticide drug among women of Bolivian origin who reside in Catalonia, I explore the problematization of undertreatment, and how the sociocultural interpretation can facilitate the understanding of the uses these women make of drug treatment and the management of the condition. Finally, I suggest the need to think about the clinical practice and the role of the parasiticide treatment, in the light of the experiences lived by these women.
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