Medical Anthropology Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Individual Body | the body-self, in holistic perspective. Ex. |
| Social Body | The body as a symbol within shared social and cultural worlds; The appearance of the body as medium of social communication in physical world Ex. You see an overweight "fat" person and automatically assume that they are lazy. |
| The Body Politic | The role of bodies, health, etc., in political systems & power Ex. Hunger strikes uses the body as a political tool |
| Social Suffering | Illness as a social phenomenon rather than the typical individual-pathology centered view. Can be related to power structures/inequality, war and internal displacement, political strife/dictatorship, environmental disaster, and other large scale issues. A concept often used by anthropologists Arthur Kleinman and Paul Farmer. |
| Structural violence | The systematic inequalities in a system that have catastrophic impacts on groups of people. Ex. The international and national power structures that lead to starvation amongst impoverished Haitians. This is a form of large scale or "passive" violence - not actively assaulting someone, but with inattention and lack of intervention, having violent impact on lives. |
| Power | An element of cultural structure and social environment - power imbalance is implicated as a contributing cause to many forms of disease and illness, including the spread of infectious disease. |
| Gender | Man/woman differences in gender roles socially constructed. Ex. The pregnant man, Thomas Beaty |
| Disability | Unable to do what is normal, dependent on environment. Ex. Deafness, wheelchair, etc. |
| What is the difference between race and ethnicity? | Race is a social construction and not a biological fact while Ethnicity is an identity, often involving shared history, traditions, language. |
| Who sets global health policy/priorities | -International organizations: WHO - World health Organization, UNAIDS, World Bank -Country and regional aid organizations: USAID, CDC (US), European Union -Corporations: drug markets -Foundations: The Gates Foundation has emerged as one of the largest funders of global health programs, and as a result, one of the largest drivers of policy and priority setting |
| Types of Anthropological Interviews | - Structured - questions are pre-planned, and moved through systematically, without divergence - Semi-structured - some questions or themes are planned beforehand, but there is more flexibility in changing direction of interview, as long as it relates to relevant topics. The informant or the interviewer can then change the direction of the interview. This is a very typical means of interviewing for anthropological research. - Unstructured - little or no pre-planning nor directive role of interviewer |
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