Medical Anthropology Ethnography Paper 100 pts
Due the Saturday before Finals week, by 11:55 pm on Nov 20
Read a medical related ethnography. These are generally fieldwork research studies that have been compiled into book format.* You can find sources for them by Googling medical ethnography. Ive found topics covering dementia, Parkinsons Disease, Menarche to Menopause, The First Navajo female surgeon, etc.
Begin by summarizing the ethnography. Then discussion information covered in the ethnography using the topics from the course, ie.:
ANTHROPOLOGICAL METHODS IN THE STUDY OF SICKNESS AND HEALING
UNDERSTANDING HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND DISEASES
ETHNOMEDICINE: THE WORLDS OF TREATMENT AND HEALING
MEDICAL PLURALISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
HEALTH DISPARITY, HEALTH INEQUALITY
DRUGS: A FIELDWORK ENCOUNTER
HEALTH & THE ENVIRONMENT: TOWARD A HEALTHIER WORLD
APPLYING MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY AND MEDICAL ETHICS
Then finally, discuss how the ethnography affected you and if it changed any of your ways of thinking about how biomedicine and culture should work together.
The paper is to be a minimum of four pages double spaced with standard margins. This should be approximately 750 words. Please include a title and your name at the top of your paper. Cite the source for your article paper using Chicago Writing Style.
*If you choose to use an article sized medical ethnography, make sure it has enough information to be able to complete the paper.
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