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Lecture Slides
ESSENTIALS OF CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
KENNETH J. GUEST
Chapter 14
Health and Illness
© 2016 W. W. Norton & Co., Inc.
An Introduction to Health and Illness
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The Anthropology of Health
and Illness
An Introduction to Health and Illness
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The Anthropology of Health
and Illness
Medical Anthropology
An Introduction to Health and Illness
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The Anthropology of Health
and Illness
Medical Anthropology
Life in the Texas Colonias
Learning Outcomes for Chapter 14
• How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas of
Health and Illness?
• How Can Anthropologists Help Solve
Health Care Problems ?
• Why Does the Distribution of Health and
Illness Mirror that of Wealth and Power?
• How Is Globalization Changing the
Experience of Health and Illness and the
Practice of Medicine?
How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas
of Health and Illness?
How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas
of Health and Illness?
• The Anthropology of
Childbirth
How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas
of Health and Illness?
• The Anthropology of
Childbirth
• A Comparative View of Four
Cultures
How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas
of Health and Illness?
• The Anthropology of
Childbirth
• A Comparative View of Four
Cultures
• Ethnomedicine
How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas
of Health and Illness?
• The Anthropology of
Childbirth
• A Comparative View of
Four Cultures
• Ethnomedicine
• Healing Practices of
Tibetan Buddhism
How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas
of Health and Illness?
• Biomedicine
How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas
of Health and Illness?
• Biomedicine
• Biomedical Conceptions
of the Body
How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas
of Health and Illness?
• Biomedicine
• Biomedical Conceptions
of the Body
• Biomedical Rituals of
Surgery
• Are There Other Global
Health Systems?
How Does Culture Shape Our Ideas
of Health and Illness?
• Biomedicine
• Biomedical Conceptions
of the Body
• Biomedical Rituals of
Surgery
• Are There Other Global
Health Systems?
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Chinese Medicine Today
How Can Anthropologists Help
Solve Health Care Problems?
How Can Anthropologists Help
Solve Health Care Problems?
• Creating a Public Health
System in Rural Haiti
Why Does the Distribution of Health and Illness
Mirror That of Wealth and Power?
Why Does the Distribution of Health and Illness
Mirror That of Wealth and Power?
• Health Transition and
Critical Medical
Anthropology
Why Does the Distribution of Health and Illness
Mirror That of Wealth and Power?
• Health Transition and
Critical Medical
Anthropology
• Staff Attitudes Affect
Health Care Delivery
How Is Globalization Changing the Experience of
Health and Illness in the Practice of Medicine?
How Is Globalization Changing the Experience of
Health and Illness in the Practice of Medicine?
• Medical Migration
How is Globalization Changing the Experience of
Health and Illness in the Practice of Medicine?
• Medical Migration
• Multiple Systems
of Healing
How Is Globalization Changing the Experience of
Health and Illness in the Practice of Medicine?
• Medical Migration
• Multiple Systems
of Healing
• Colliding Cultures
How Is Globalization Changing the Experience of
Health and Illness in the Practice of Medicine?
• Medical Migration
• Multiple Systems
of Healing
• Colliding Cultures
• Bridging Cultural
Divides
Thinking Like an Anthropologist
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How Is Globalization
Changing the
Experience of Health
and Illness and the
Practice of Medicine?
For this exercise, you
will consider the
problem of cultural
miscommunication
between patients and
doctors.
Discussion Questions
• What does it mean to you to be healthy?
• What systems of power created the living conditions
in the Colonias?
• Is the state of health in the Colonias a biological
problem, or a cultural problem?
• Was Lindenbaum acting as an ethical anthropologist
when she sought to eliminate all cannibalism among
the people of Highland Papua New Guinea, or should
she have only sought to stop the consumption of
bodies infected with Kuru?
Lecture Slides
ESSENTIALS OF CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
This concludes the Lecture Slide Set
for Chapter 14
FIRST EDITION
by
Kenneth J. Guest
© 2016 W. W. Norton & Co., Inc.