Medical Anthropology Courses and Concepts Tested on the MCAT: A Content Analysis of 40 U.S. Course Syllabi [PDF]
Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 2021 The Association of American Medical Colleges recommends students seeking to enter medical school complete courses in the social sciences. Despite calls to teach social science—including anthropology—in pre-medical curriculum, little is known about what ...
Tyler J Stodola, Sean P Bruna
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Unveiling the Cultural Significance of Illness and Healing: Perspectives from Psychological and Medical Anthropology [PDF]
Social Science Chronicle, 2023 Psychological and medical anthropology converge in illuminating the symbiotic relationship between psychological well-being and physical health. Within the domains of psychology and medicine, anthropologists undertake investigations into the influence ...
Sergievskaya Ekaterina
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Cultivating cultural awareness among medical educators by integrating cultural anthropology in faculty development: an action research study [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2022 Background In faculty development, understanding each participant’s cultural context is important. However, there is scarce evidence on how to improve cultural understanding in faculty development.
Sayaka Oikawa +3 more
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Critical Medical Anthropology in Midwifery Research [PDF]
Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 2016 In this article, we discuss the use of critical medical anthropology (CMA) as a theoretical framework for research in the maternity care setting. With reference to the doctoral research of the first author, we argue for the relevance of using CMA for ...
Elizabeth C. Newnham +2 more
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Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, 2011 Medical anthropology is an interdisciplinary subfield of anthropology with a long history of research on environmental health-related issues, especially those pertaining to human health within environments of risk, consequences of ecological degradation, and the way patterns of development and globalization impact environmental (and therefore human ...
McMahan, B., Nichter, M.
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Employing medical anthropology approach as an additional public health strategy in promoting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Bhutan. [PDF]
Int J Health Plann Manage, 2021 Rocha ICN.
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Diversifying Medical Anthropology [PDF]
Medical Anthropology, 2021 Rebecca Marsland and James StaplesWe are honored to have this opportunity to follow in the footsteps of the outgoing editor Professor Lenore Manderson, who has contributed more than a decade of wor...
Rebecca Marsland, James Staples
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Analysis of Thematic Structure of Researches in Medical Anthropology Field [PDF]
مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2022 Introduction: New applications of studies to draw the structure of science including clustering concepts and identifying new fields of studies. This study was co-word analysis of intellectual structure of knowledge in the field of throbbing headaches ...
Fathemeh Makkizadeh +3 more
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Unveiling the Intersection: Anthropological Insights into Health Disparities and Well-Being [PDF]
Social Science Chronicle, 2023 This research paper delves into the multifaceted realm where anthropology intersects with health, culture, and society. It unravels the profound contributions of various sub-disciplines within anthropology to our understanding of health disparities ...
José Briceño Osío
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Introduction: Diagnostics, Medical Testing, and Value in Medical Anthropology
Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2021 Introduction to the Special Issue on Diagnostics, Medical testing, and ...
Alice Street, Ann H. Kelly
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