ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Endocannibalism, Biomedical Model, Medical Anthropology

• School: UTM
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT102H5
• Professor: Karen Kus

Document Summary

Overview-practical applications of anthro, basic vs. applied research (1st lecture): medical anthropology- done according to three models. It is a growth area: biomedical model. Took centuries to develop, there are limits to this model, this is where the other model comes in. Based on scientific epistemology- looks at the body as a natural system, this model is rooted in the medical sciences, and medical doctors use this model. Focus is on human body and its functions, looks at disease and health, and looks at health (internal to the body). Based on work of claude- medical doctor, wrote an important work in 1865, he elaborated a scientific method to medicine, he argued medicine was observation and experiment, he argued that medicine should be viva section- live cutting of animals. Bernard developed theory of homeostasis- theory of equilibrium, constant temperature, this idea (functioning body has to maintain equilibrium, and that disease is a result of imbalance of the system).