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| four fields of anthropology |
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- biological
- archeology
- linguistic
- cultural
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| definition of anthropology |
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- study of humanity
- its past and present
- its unity and diversity
- and its future
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- subspecialties
- contemporary human variation
- primatology
- forensic anthropology
- examples
- hereditary/developmental conditions
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- paleopathology- study of diseases of the past linked with human evolution
- prehistoric medical treatment
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- languages of past
- communication in contemporary society: "discourse"
- media and new technologies, internet
- examples- doctor-patient communication
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| cultural anthropology (definition, domains) |
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- study of contemporary people's culture
- a lot of culture is related to health
- domains
- economic systems
- repro
- growth and development, personality
- family
- social groups beyond the family
- politics and law
- religion
- communication
- expressive culture
- migration
- international development and change
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| important principles of cultural anthropology |
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- cultural relativism
- participant observation
- insiders views are real, valid, and important
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- cultural part of medical anthropology
- medical anthropology crosses all four fields of anthropology
- definition- study of cross cultural health systems
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| cross cultural health systems principles |
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- perceptions of the body
- categories of affliction
- means of prevention
- diagnosis
- healing modalities and healers
- healin substances
- change in all the above
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| Describe perceptions of the body in medical anthropology |
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- their role in causing illness
- what they have to do with life and death
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- example of perception of the body
- important Japaness value about the intact body
- related to lower surgery rates and ear piercing than in the US
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| Importance of the concept of the body as an unbounded unit |
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- in some cultures, the body is viewed as socially connect = "the social body"
- implications for treatment
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- reflects categories of affliction
- cross cultrual lables for health problems
- cross cultural disease categories dont always match US labels and definition
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| Examples of culture specific syndromes (CSS's) |
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- amok- violent outburst (SE Asia)
- hikkomori- acute social withdrawal (Japanese young men)
- mal de ojo- fitful sleep, fever, vomitting (Mediterranean, Latin America)
- windigo- depression, nausea, muderous impulses, Native North America
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- anorexia nervosa
- bulimia
- obesity
- stress
- susto
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- food taboos during pregnancy
- ritual practices
- scarin away bad spirits and influences
- ex: phil mae maal in northern Thailand
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| diagnosis in medical anthropology |
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- techniques in finding out what is wrong
- preferred diagnostic techniques vary cross culturally
- heavy reliance on technology in WBM; a globalization tendency
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- seeking to know what the supernaturals are up to
- ex: reading entrails and other signs
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| healing modalities and healers |
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- community healing
- humoral healing
- Western biomedicine
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- preception of healthy body as having a balance among various humors
- lables for illness, foods, and activities as heating or cooling
- adjust consumption and activites to maintain or regain balance
- specialists are involved in prescribing treatment, herbs
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| compare western biomedicine (WBM) with a variety of healers in world |
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- WBM
- search for problem in the body
- fix it through chemicals or surgery
- specialized knowledge of many levels of professionals
- varieties of healers
- everyone
- shamans, bonesetters, herbalists
- highly trained professionals with specializations
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