Perceptions of Ecuadorian indigenous healers on their relationship with the formal health care system: barriers and opportunities

Table 1 Focus group interview guide

Health and illness process: What does it mean for you to be healthy?
What does it mean for you to be sick?
What should people do to stay healthy?
What should people do to heal themselves?
Diagnostic and treatment resources and practices: What resources do you use to diagnose diseases?
What resources are used to heal?
Views on formal systems: What do you think about physicians?
When do you send a patient to the Western physician/Health system?