Medical anthropology

1. 1. Definition

1.1. part of applied anthropology (Gezen & Kottak 2014)

1.2. the study of interaction between cultural values and health issues

2. 2. Key Concepts

2.1. Health - overall sense of well being (WHO)

2.2. Disease - objective condition

2.3. Illness - subjective feeling

2.4. Health systems (Miller 2011)

3. 3. Theory

3.1. Disease theory systems (Foster, Anderson & Hassan)

3.1.1. Personalistic

3.1.2. Emotionalistic

3.1.3. Naturalistic

3.2. Approaches to health systems (MIller 2011)

3.2.1. Ecological/epidemiological

3.2.2. Interpretitivist (Lévi-Strauss)

3.2.3. Critical medical anthropology

4. 4. Ethnomedicine

4.1. Ethno-etiology

4.2. Structural suffering

4.3. Culture-bound syndromes

5. 5. Healing and Healers

5.1. Healing

5.1.1. Private

5.1.2. Community

5.1.3. Healing systems

5.1.3.1. Humoral

5.2. Healers

5.2.1. midwife, shaman, herbalist, nurse...

5.2.2. Process of becoming a healer

5.2.2.1. Selection

5.2.2.2. Training with seasoned specialists

5.2.2.3. Medial degree/ initiation rite

5.2.2.4. Raiment of professional healer