Case study analysis of a &#39;real world&#39; health development project.

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This subject explores a variety of medical systems that human groups have developed through time to maintain the health of individuals and communities. Emphasis is placed on understanding health and illness as culturally and politically situated phenomena. The bio-medical scientific paradigm is situated philosophically and historically as a culturally informed knowledge system to be considered comparatively. Through case studies drawn from around the world, the subject explores issues such as human-technology relationships, global health programs, drug use, addiction and mental health, theories of bodies and minds, shamanism and alternative healing practices, and the relationship between socio-economic inequality and health.

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Medical Anthropology: Health, Healing and Global Development

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AN5004 - Medical Anthropology: Health, Healing and Global Development

Analyse the key concepts and approaches in medical anthropology

Synthesise anthropological perspectives with the study of the body, illness, disease, and healing

Evaluate the ways socio-cultural, political and economic factors relate to health, illness and sickness

Critically appraise contemporary local, national, and global health inequalities, including personal experiences of health inequalities using appropriate conceptual frameworks and methods