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What four sub-disciplines are associated with medical anthropology?
What four sub-disciplines are associated with medical anthropology?
What is the concept of 'mesadapatation'?
What is the concept of 'mesadapatation'?
The concept of 'mesadapatation' is defined as a process through which cultural and ecological influences interact to modify individual and collective biological characteristics. This involves the adaptation, interaction, and cultural expression of health and illness in diverse settings. It often involves analyzing the social, cultural, and environmental factors that contribute to disease prevention and health maintenance practices within a specific community.
The 'PMA' in the French healthcare system is also referred to as in-vitro fertilization?
The 'PMA' in the French healthcare system is also referred to as in-vitro fertilization?
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What is the significance of the term 'GPA' in the context of this document?
What is the significance of the term 'GPA' in the context of this document?
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Study Notes
Disease: Illness
- Disease: Illness can be conditioned/influenced by culture and performed mentally.
Anthropology and Medicine
- Anthropology medical: the four sub-disciplines:
- ethnomedicine (alongside biomedicine): biocultural approach to medicine.
- concepts of medicalisation, demedicalisation, and remedicalisation
- interactions and adaptations
First Half of the Session
- Basics of anthropological medicine (biocultural approach of medicine)
- Medicine evolution and approach
- Factors that determine health (societal, socioeconomic, and biological)
Second Half of the Session
- Humanitarian aid origins and development:
- Roots
- Mission
- Aid presentation (ex: Aid Roy-Blanchette)
- Important techniques and figures:
- Contemporary techniques and figures
- New historic approaches :
- Figures and schemes
- Death/Mortality:
- Criteria of death/criteria of biomedical death
- Issues surrounding death, rites, and funeral practices
- Global issues:
- Cultural context :
- Political and legal contexts
- Demographic contexts
- Social and cultural contexts
- Scientific and technological contexts
- Global health status (physical and psychological)
Specific Topics:
- PMI/GPA: (Prenatal Medical Intervention/Gestational Procedures)
- Different ways that humans deal with death across different cultures
- Types of cultures that influence how diseases are treated.
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Description
Test your knowledge on the interactions between anthropology and medicine. This quiz covers key concepts including ethnomedicine, medicalisation, and humanitarian aid. Explore the evolution of medicine and factors influencing health from a biocultural perspective.