medical anthropology

collocation in English

meaningsofmedicalandanthropology

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medical
adjective
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/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/
related to the treatment of illness ...
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anthropology
noun[U]
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/ˌæn.θrəˈpɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/ˌæn.θrəˈpɑː.lə.dʒi/
the study of the human race, its culture and society, and its ...
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(Definition ofmedicalandanthropologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The contributions of psychology, medical research,medicalanthropology, the social sciences, theology, and of course ageing studies, are all well covered.
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However, this volume could become a classic in themedicalanthropologyfield, and it is recommended to students and researchers in anthropology, history of medicine, public health and religion.
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Bioethics already exists in a precarious tension with several other academic fields, such as history of medicine, medical sociology,medicalanthropology, health law, literature and medicine, and philosophy of medicine.
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Weizscker is known for his pioneer work in psychosomatic medicine, and for his theories regardingmedicalanthropology.
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A human biologist, her research has been inmedicalanthropologyand skeletal biology.
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Ethnomedical research is interdisciplinary; in its study of traditional medicines, it applies the methods of ethnobotany andmedicalanthropology.
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Scientific disciplines represented at the institute include epidemiology, microbiology, immunology, entomology,medicalanthropology, molecular genetics, biostatistics, public health, and demography.
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Its membership is international, composed of anthropologists from diverse subdisciplines including sociocultural anthropology,medicalanthropology, and archeology.
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It has been discussed at length by researchers in sociology,medicalanthropology, psychology, philosophy, and bioarchaeology.
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It publishes research and theory about human health and disease from all areas ofmedicalanthropology.
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A resulting journal article and book from this research are considered to be some of the earliest contributions to the field ofmedicalanthropology.
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Reichel taught classes inmedicalanthropologyat the university there and engaged in programs of public health with an anthropological perspective.
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The relationships between the two disciplines remained constant during the 20th century, until the development of modernmedicalanthropologyin the 1960s and 1970s.
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He focuses on linguistic andmedicalanthropology, social theory, modernity, citizenship and the state, race, and violence.
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Social epidemiology overlaps with fields in the social sciences, most notablymedicalanthropology, medical sociology, and medical geography.
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He combined the fields of epidemiology, human nutrition andmedicalanthropology.
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The field ofmedicalanthropologyexamines the ways in which culture and society are organized around or impacted by issues of health, health care and related issues.
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Michael earned two master's degrees, one in ethno-botany and one inmedicalanthropology.
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