JNH350H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Immunodeficiency, Medical Sociology, Sarcoma
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Lecture 2: hiv/aids: a disease of the global system. Critical medical anthropology (cma) approach developed by hans baer, **cannot approach health without using all 3 methods** Aids: key components: fatal, transmitted through semen and blood, opportunistic infections cause death, long latency, dramatic differences between rich and poor. Biology of hiv/aids: death through compromised immune system, opportunistic infections (e,g. Karposi"s sarcoma: co-infections like tb, stds major factors, progress of the disease monitored through cd4 counts and viral loads, cd4 count below 200 indicates full-blown aids. Male disease: name of disease became aids. Isolating the virus 1983: co-discoveries: paris luc montagnier nobel prize 2008, washington robert gallo. Aids a disease of inequality: haiti case: classic case study by paul farmer, medical anthropologist, exposes the false claim even by some scientists that aids originated in. Haiti through voodoo rituals when in fact americans brought the virus to.
