ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Spirit Possession, Zoonosis, Human Ecology

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 1AA3
• Professor: Karen Mc Garry

Document Summary

Study health it"s a problematic term; there are so many different things that have changed (cid:523)ex. In the past, what was considered a healthy weight is now borderline obese) it"s a biocultural: ex. Looking at rates of breast cancer in denmark, they"ll look at different aspects: is. Ethnomedicine: cultural study of health and health systems (cid:523)people"s understandings of the illness ex. Talcott parsons" (cid:498)sick role(cid:499) we have expectations of sick people needs illness/disease that is considered (cid:498)social acceptable(cid:499) Measles) causation of diseases, how you treat them, how you diagnose them etc. Illness: perceptions and experiences of a health problem. Sickness: a social role; the role you are expected to play when you have a particular disease or. Will often be hired when patients feel that they are not getting good care & when: world health organization medical professionals aren"t really tending to specific needs. Social class groups: he comes to find social harmony between doctors and patients.