Transformations et perspectives de l’anthropologie de la santé : un regard épistémologique
Commenting on the new objects and the perspectives opened to the anthropology of health, the author analyses the historical context of the terminology shift. The appellation « anthropology of health » is more comprehensive than medical anthropology and its focus is also different. This shift takes p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Association Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la Santé
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| Series: | Anthropologie & Santé |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/114 |
| Summary: | Commenting on the new objects and the perspectives opened to the anthropology of health, the author analyses the historical context of the terminology shift. The appellation « anthropology of health » is more comprehensive than medical anthropology and its focus is also different. This shift takes place in a context marked by the increasing emphasis on a global « right to health », including socio-cultural components. The author scrutinizes its consequences on the epistemological status of medical truths and the changing relationship between biomedicine and the “other” medicines, often called “alternative” or better “complementary”. |
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| ISSN: | 2111-5028 |