ANTH 1120 Chapter Notes -Traditional Medicine, Ethnomedicine, Biomedicine

• School: York University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1120
• Professor: David Murray

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Feb. 6/8: how does the western science model of health and illness differ from medical models found in other cultures? (pt. Healing. in introducing medical anthropology: a discipline in action, second edition. Film: the split horn- the life of a hmong shaman in america. Singer and baer state that indigenous and folk medical systems or traditional medical systems share features in common. Shaman - part time religious healer who makes contact with the supernatural realm, often by going into a trance n order to alleviate the distresses and diseases of his or her patients. -contact with other world to help preform tasks and rely on naturalistic and traditional medicines. What is the greatest concern expressed by the shaman (paja thao) in the film the split horn? . Describe two shamanic rituals/ceremonies depicted in the film. Assumed that illness is caused not by microoranisisms by tensions or conflicts of social relation. Support your statement with an example from the textbook reading.