More than just “interesting!”: Anthropology, health and human rights

Aims to highlight the shared view that anthropology ought first and foremost to be a critical discipline and that in order to best understand patterns of health and disease, and the most appropriate ways in which these can be improved, the gaze of medical anthropologists must also be critically incl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2000-05, Vol.50 (9), p.1171-1175
1. Verfasser: Heggenhougen, H.K
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Aims to highlight the shared view that anthropology ought first and foremost to be a critical discipline and that in order to best understand patterns of health and disease, and the most appropriate ways in which these can be improved, the gaze of medical anthropologists must also be critically inclusive and set on a whole range of social, political and economic, as well as on cultural factors. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00416-5