medical anthropology and women health

ANP 270 Women and Health: Anthropological and International Perspectives

• Culture is a learned pattern of thought and behavior shared by a social group

• Medicine is embedded in and understood through a larger cultural framework

Medical Anthropology • The application of anthropological methods to cultural questions of health, healing, illness, and disease.



For additional information please contact: Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University Instructor: Tazin Daniels Office: 404 Baker Hall Email: karimtaz@msu.edu

Dejonia Mitchell ANP270 MSU A45200831

Narrative

The stories that people tell about their

illness

Experience

The way people feel, perceive and live with

illness

Meaning

The ways that people make sense of their

illness

Explanatory models of

health

Descriptions of healing

Heath seeking

behaviors

Comparisons of heath systems

•  Biomedicine •  Biotechnology •  Pharmaceuticals

•  Government •  Global Health •  Industry •  Clinical Studies

•  The control over bodies and behaviors through medical interventions

•  The enhancement of bodies and behaviors through medical interventions

• The role Media plays in Biomedicine can be very interactive in the way doctors treat patients.

Symptom

Examination

Diagnosis

Treatment

•  Missing out on an activity

because of your period •  Having an “embarrassing

accident” •  Dealing with menstrual cramps

or other discomforts •  Hearing someone blame your

attitude on your menstrual cycle

•  Not being able to reproduce •  Having low chances of

reproducing •  IVF •  Mental mindset