ANT358H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neocolonialism, Marshall Islands, Structural Violence
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Approaches to medicine usually reacting to proximate causes but not bigger picture. Models for understanding disease the magic bullets : the biomedical. Mostly curative approach through technology (pills, surgery or. Disease is in the individual hereditary, genetically predisposed: the behavioral. Individual or household actions or beliefs are to blame for illness/ health. Health is a reward for taking care of yourself. Regulating personal conduct or changing cultural attitudes: health promotion, ex. Behavior changing" campaigns: healthy & happy campaign in toronto. Looks at how personal, household, social, political, and economic conditions interrelate to produce health outcomes children are malnourish (usually low in protein: the political economy approach. To think about with regards to health inequality and what forces: what does the country produce? (economic) What we produce and make changes the political and social: what are the class/race/gender structures of ownership and.
