ANTH 227 Lecture Notes - Participant Observation, Narrative, White Coat
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Doctor who is struggling with being powerless but stays with her all night long = compassion in the background there is death looming over, in the morning she died. Narratives - everyone has a different narratives, they may intermix with zones of friction. Are a social action, not a thing . One of the most powerful ways of knowing, we respect it the most ex. When you take a class you look for someone who"s been there. Going beyond the science this is what medical anthropology adds to the picture of medicine and science. Ways of thinking, speaking and organizing with a plot like structure. Give shape to illness experience , establish meaning to the meaning of our experience. Patient narratives medical anthropology in concerned with the complex interaction between individuals, their bodies, interruption with their health care situations and institutions. Disease - the biological manifestation of a health case interruption, not an entity but a way of explaining something.
