Pain in remote Andean communities - learning from Quichua (Inca) experience

Mario Incayawar

qualifications: MD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, wrote the first draft, input data, statistical analysis

position: Director

I am a physician, educator, and researcher interested in the health and traditional medicine of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. My areas of expertise include transcultural psychiatry; Indigenous medical knowledge; traditional healers' contributions to global mental health; culture, pain & traditional pain control strategies; and the cultural brain. More at www.runajambi.org/incayawar/ *** www.runajambi.org

Jean-François Saucier

qualifications: MD, PhD

contribution: designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Emeritus professor

Canada