ANT208H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethnomedicine, Ayurveda, Structural Violence
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A state of complete social, psychological and physical well-being. A physiological alteration that impairs function in someway. Diseases experience and explained differently in different culture. The subjective experiences of symptoms and suffering that motivates. The practice of defining a condition as a disease which falls under the purview of. Something is recognized as a disease and something that can be treated. Ignoring a lot of the context medical treatment o. Now there is an emphasis on the brain. Can you think of examples of medicalization? o o. What is considered normal and what is not considered normal. Where do you draw the line between normal weight and. Looks at: the population distribution in the patterns, causes and effects of disease o o o o. Incidence is how many new cases are there. Endemic is present constantly in a population with little change or prevalence. Epidemic is a rapid increase in the number of people affected.
