ANTC68H3 Midterm: Midterm Review (Readings)
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Anthropology: study of infectious disease is an intrinsically biocultural endeavour, the. Anthropology of infectious disease described here must be a holistic one, in which traditional subdisciplinary boundaries are irrelevant. Biomedicine: disease are considered as clinical entities with pathological underpinnings, while illnesses are more linked to a patients perception and behaviour. Id are caused by biological agents ranging from microscopic intracellular viruses to large structurally complex helminthic parasites. Anthro field: disease as the broad area which emphasize the interactions between sociocultural, biological, ecological variables relating to etiology and prevalence of id. Epidemiology: study of disease with consideration to the host, agent and the environment. Risk factor epidemiology refers to a type of epidemiology that involves looking for specific risk factors associated with disease. Examples are: what is the association between hypertension and developing a heart attack, what is the association between lack of exercise and development of obesity.
