The Art of Medical Anthropology: Readings

AIDS American analysis anthropology approach associated authority become behavior believe biomedicine blood body called cause Chinese clinical concepts concern considered context continuity contrast course cultural decision dependency described diagnosis discourse disease distress doctors effect example experience expressed fact feelings fertility field function healing heart hospital human ideas illness important individual kind knowledge language less levels living meaning medical anthropology medical system medicine nature noted organization particular patients person physicians political population possible practice practitioners Press prevention problems production professional questions reference relations relationship response result role scientific sexual sick situation social society specific stress structure suffering suggest symbolic symptoms theoretical theory tion traditional treatment understanding University Western women workers