ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Arthur Kleinman, Talcott Parsons, Medical Anthropology
3 Feb 2018
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Anthropology 1aa3 day 7: medical anthropology, traditionally a subfield of cultural anthropology. Illness, disease, and sickness adopt a biocultural approach to health: ethnomedicine- cross cultural study of health and health systems, study health (page 202) problematic term!, disease, illness, sickness and, e. g. Talcott parsons" sick role- we have expectations of sick people needs. Illness- perceptions and experiences of a health problem: disease- biological health problem; universal (measles, sickness- a social role illness/disease that is considered socially acceptable. Medical anthropologist arthur kleinman (page 203-204: works for who, hospitals to understand patients needs and responses to health issues and he argues that medical doctors often ignore or misunderstand role of culture in shaping illness. What is a healthy system: all cultures have health system, perceptions and beliefs about the body, classifications of health problems, prevention measures, healing/healers. Explanatory models for why we get sick are products of culture. Four humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile.
