21A.215 Medical Anthropology, Fall 2004
Examination of how medicine is practiced cross-culturally, with particular emphasis on Western biomedicine. Analysis of medical practice as a cultural system, focusing on the human, as opposed to the biological, side of things. Also, examines how we and people in other cultures think of disease, hea...
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| author | Jackson, Jean E. (Jean Elizabeth), 1943- |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/498632025-02-13T21:11:06Z 21A.215 Medical Anthropology, Fall 2004 Medical Anthropology Jackson, Jean E. (Jean Elizabeth), 1943- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program Anthropology biomedicine cultural systems medical practice culture health disease Medical anthropology Examination of how medicine is practiced cross-culturally, with particular emphasis on Western biomedicine. Analysis of medical practice as a cultural system, focusing on the human, as opposed to the biological, side of things. Also, examines how we and people in other cultures think of disease, health, body, and mind. 2004-12 Learning Object 21A.215-Fall2004 local: 21A.215 local: IMSCP-MD5-4f6c2c9bfe010d4caf388a28b325213d http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49863 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license"). The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. text/html Fall 2004 |
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