medical anthropology and women health
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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: [email protected]
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