A diversidade de itinerários terapêuticos da população da Ilha de Moçambique – O popular, o folk e o profissional

Abstract

This research aims to study therapeutic itineraries of the Mozambique Island population. Thus, according to Kleinman (1980), in any society, we can identify three interconnected areas of medical care: the popular sector, the folk sector, and the professional sector. We proceeded to a discourse analysis of different interviewed agents, such as members of the population (beneficiaries of the various sectors and agents of popular sector), a nurse (agent of professional sector), and a healer (agent of folk sector), trying to expose the perspective of each of these threes therapeutic agents of the population of the Mozambique Island. Thus, we determined the presence of all sectors of health and the reasons for which are sought