[Anthro 3283] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (148 pages long!)
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Refers to dominant western medicine that is taken for granted by developed countries, but also rapidly globalizing. Hard bio, chem and soft psych. Major advances and benefits in many areas. Care as commodity individualized care focus on disease pathogenesis and biomechanics. Doctors are responsible for health and society. This is a western tradition, popularized on tv. Decrease in getting an illness: better medication, sanitation, higher food quality, urban planning. Mckeown hypothesis population growth & increased life expectancy not due to medical advancements . Anesthesiologist needs to know about a material condition (arthritis) to successfully complete the treatment. Social structures economic, political, legal, religious, and cultural that stop individuals, groups, and societies from reaching their full potential. Examples: access to resources, education, health care, and legal standing. Same virus affects lives differently depending on geography. Medicine and public health are fundamentally related to the delivery of care in diverse settings ( global health delivery ) the resocializing disciplines.
