Ana Vides

• University of Wyoming

Continuous medical education focused on health problems emerging in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is scarce. Although tobacco consumption is increasing in LMICs, there is a lack of tobacco cessation training programs in these countries. To promote smoking cessation interventions in Bolivia, Guatemala and Paraguay, we adapted an e-learnin...

Background Up to one half of the population in Africa, Asia and Latin America has little access to high-quality biomedical services and relies on traditional health systems. Medical pluralism is thus in many developing countries the rule rather than the exception, which is why the World Health Organization is calling for intercultural partnerships...

Biomedicine fosters particular styles of interaction and behaviors, with the therapeutic relationship seen as occurring between a doctor and patient. In contrast, where alternative modalities of healing are practiced, relationships go beyond a dyadic interaction and include wider social networks. In this article, we propose the existence of a ‘ther...

The Personal Style of the Therapist (PST) is a multidimensional construct that is present throughout the therapeutic process and is based on the communication competences of the therapist. The Personal Style of the Therapist Questionnaire (PST-Q) was administered to 101 therapists; 73% female, 27% male, 21% indigenous and 77% not indigenous, that w...

The Personal Style of the Therapist (PST) is a multidimensional construct that is present throughout the therapeutic process and is based on the communication competences of the therapist. The Personal Style of the Therapist Questionnaire (PST-Q) was administered to 101 therapists; 73% female, 27% male, 21% indigenous and 77% not indigenous, that w...