ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arthur Kleinman, Talcott Parsons, Humorism
17 Oct 2018
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Study health (see p. 202) problematic term!, disease, illness, sickness and adopt a. Ethnomedicine cross cultural study of health and health systems. Illness, disease, and sickness illness perceptions and experiences of a health problem. Disease biological health problem; universal (e. g. , measles) Sickness a social role -- eg. talcott parsons" sick role we have expectations of sick people needs illness/disease that is considered socially acceptable. Works for who, hospitals to understand patient needs and responses to health issues he argues that medical doctors often ignore or misunderstand role of culture in shaping illness. Explanatory models for why we get sick are products of culture. Four humours: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile. Most sick people - excess heat & moisture (fever, sweating, cough) Hot-cold theory of disease important aspect of latin-american folk medical practice. Spain and portugal, central & south america. Soul loss" separation of soul and body symptoms anxiety, insomnia, fever, diarrhoea, depression.
