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Health Financing: Who Pays for Health Care in the Philippines

WebIn the Philippines, the rate is a staggering 57%. This 57% does not only represent catastrophic illnesses, but also daily health expenditures. Patients purchase …

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Thou shall not eat: An overview of the relationships between food …

WebAnd come up with some relationships: 1. Religion determines what is food (food preferences) and what isn’t (food taboos) 2. Religion dictates how we should eat …

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“Illness” and “disease” in the Philippines

WebAn illness can bring forth many diseases: what a patient is subjectively feeling (hand tremors) can be a Western disease (i.e. neuropathy) and a folk disease (i.e. pasma). On …

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Health-spending behaviors: the temporal dimension of 'out-of …

Webby Gideon Lasco, MD Out-of-pocket spending or out of pocket expenditure is defined by the World Bank as "any direct outlay by households, including gratuities and …

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[Speech] Medicine as a Journey: Commencement Address to UP …

WebAnd so in the name of all is that good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, and all that is worth fighting for in this world, I exhort to journey on, to keep soaring, to keep …

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Gideon Lasco's Medical Anthropology Page

WebJose Rizal (1861-1896) was an ophthalmologist and general practitioner who, by virtue of his exemplary medical career, is often invoked as one of the pioneers of health care in the …

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[Short Course] An Introduction to Medical Anthropology

WebAs visiting faculty at the University of Sao Paulo, I gave a short course entitled "An Introduction to Medical Anthropology" from December 4-9, 2019, in which I …

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Three challenges for governance in health care in the Philippines

WebBy setting standards for hospitals, PhilHealth is also able to ensure parity in terms of health service delivery, for private and public facilities alike. Moreover, the …

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[Speech] Realizing social medicine, revolutionizing health for all

WebSocial medicine bridges medicine and society by seeking an understanding of both, and explaining one to the another. It brings medicine to society by interrogating …

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[Speech] Message to the students of UP College of Public Health

WebSpeech delivered virtually on October 6, 2021 on the occasion of the 2021 Welcome Ceremony and New Students' Orientation of UP College of Public Health. First …

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Statement of purpose: From Medicine to Medical Anthropology

WebThis is my clinical motivation for pursuing medical anthropology: The awareness that the pursuit of it has the potential to improve health care in the country; it …

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Making sense of "Bawal umihi dito" signs in the Philippines

WebToday, "pataasan ng ihi" it continues to be a metaphor for male rivalry. Developmentally, it precedes other forms of male contests, such as "palakihan" (having …

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Essays on colorism in the Philippines

WebEssays on colorism in the Philippines. A billboard for a whitening product suggest that fair skin is 'kutis mayaman': skin of the rich. With the ever-increasing …

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