ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bioarchaeology, Sustainable Development, Mosaic Evolution

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Medical anthropology is one of the most rapidly growing areas of research in anthropology. Labeling health problems presents a challenge for medical anthropologists and health care specialists. Stress, fear, and shock are underlying causes of this: somatization, embodiment, refers to the process through which the body absorbs social stress, ad manifests symptoms of suffering, susto fright/shock disease. Symptoms include loss of appetite, lack of motivation, breathing problems, generalized pain, and nightmares: western cultures have culture specific syndromes too, including: anorexia nervosa, and bulimia. There are so many different reasons as to why these issues occur. Ethno-etiologies: refers to a cross-culturally specific causal explanation for health problems and suffering. Increasing awareness for useful plants causes a strong increase in incentive for protecting the worlds cultural diversity: minerals are widely used for prevention and healing, pharmaceutical medicines - good only with prescription. 1st emphasizes importance of environment in shaping health problems and how they spread.

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