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Principles of anthropology for nursing and health care
Published in Karen Holland, Anthropology of Nursing, 2019
Given that nurses co-exist with the medical and other health professions within the boundaries of various health care environments it is important to look at how anthropology related to medicine in particular impacts on the nursing profession and its work. Medical anthropology is one of the biggest subfields in anthropology and this definition by Pool & Geissler (2005) offers a broad overview of its content and context: ‘Medical anthropology describes, interprets and critically approaches the relationships between culture, behaviour, health and disease, and places health and illness in the broader context of cultural, social, political and historical processes’ (p. 29).
Alastair V. Campbell and the ‘why’ of medical ethics
Published in Voo Teck Chuan, Richard Huxtable, Nicola Peart, Healthcare Ethics, Law and Professionalism, 2018
I will call this second principle ‘engagement with experience’. It is worth noting that, while Campbell claims that this is important in order for good medical ethics and is therefore a necessary condition for good medical ethics, he clearly thinks that it is not a sufficient condition because merely being engaged with experience and a pluralist about theory is no guarantee that it is medical ethics, let alone good. Medical anthropology tends to be engaged with experience and open to different theoretical perspectives, yet might not work toward any ethical conclusions and thereby fail to be medical ethics at all.
Behavioral medicine: principles and practices
Published in Julie M Schirmer MSW, Alain J Montegut MD, Stephen J Spann MD, Gabriel Ivbijaro MD, Alfred Loh MD, Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care, 2017
Julie M Schirmer, Le Hoang Ninh
Medical anthropology is the study of how illnesses are perceived and treated around the world. Knowledge of anthropological models helps practitioners to develop sensitivity to patients’ differing belief systems and how these systems can impede or enhance care. Practitioners can also develop awareness of their own biases and assumptions that negatively influence patient care. The models provide frameworks for interacting with patients, their families, and other members of their community.
Medical anthropology and epidemiology: a collaborative venture for mental health research in India
Published in International Review of Psychiatry, 2021
Chittaranjan Subudhi, Ramakrishna Biswal
Medical anthropology is the study of health and disease within a cultural context. The Society for Medical Anthropology states that ‘it is a subfield of anthropology that draws upon social, cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology to better understand those factors which influence health and wellbeing (broadly defined), the experience and distribution of illness, the prevention and treatment of sickness, healing processes, the social relations of therapy management, and the cultural importance and utilization of pluralistic medical systems’ (American Anthropological Association). Medical anthropology allows the researchers to examine the dominance of culture on the health of the individuals in a society and their environment by the interrelationship between the human and other species. It is a discipline concerned with biological and socio-cultural aspects of human behaviour and their influence on health and disease in a particular society over a time period (Foster & Anderson, 1978; Helman, 1997). Helman (2007) has defined medical anthropology in the following words:
Negative impact of litigation procedures on patient outcomes four years after severe traumatic brain injury: results from the PariS-traumatic brain injury study
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2018
Eléonore Bayen, Claire Jourdan, Idir Ghout, Pascale Pradat-Diehl, Emmanuelle Darnoux, Gaëlle Nelson, Claire Vallat-Azouvi, James Charenton, Philippe Aegerter, Alexis Ruet, Philippe Azouvi
Recommendations for future research include first attempting to assess the honesty of patient’s reporting in a structured and objective manner. Second, ethnographic data and case reports using medical anthropology approaches could provide us a deeper understanding of these results that could be further tested on larger datasets. Third, retesting the long-term effect of LP in the ongoing 10 years follow-up of PariS-TBI patients as well as replicating the study in other settings and cohorts of patients seems necessary. Fourth, transdisciplinary working groups including expert attorneys, health professionals as well as patients with TBI and family associations could support more investigations regarding the dynamics of recovery in the case of possible conflicting interests due to the context of compensation, the core issue being how to ensure right financial compensation without limiting recovery. Finally, the discussion of how litigation may affect persons with TBI differently in various countries taking into account national specificities and jurisdiction schemes will also be of interest for the scientific community.
Livelihood intervention and mental well-being among women living with HIV in Delhi
Published in AIDS Care, 2021
Kalei R.J. Hosaka, Ezer Kang, James Huff, Sheeba Shaw, Savita Duomai
Following a standard ethnographic approach situated in the field of cultural anthropology and interpretive medical anthropology, data were analyzed in the context of participation, observation, informal conversations, and relationships over a period of six months (Holmes, 2006; Scheper-Hughes, 1990). KH regularly coded and systematically analyzed fieldnotes and interviews. Over a period of three months, KH and senior authors weekly analyzed fieldnotes and written interview transcripts. These findings were carefully discussed as a team, which shaped ongoing generation and exploration of themes.