CULTURE HEALTH & ILLNESS OUTLINE

THEME 1

1. Definition of Medical Anthropology

• What is Medical
• Methods used

2. Origins of Medical Anthropology

• History of the Discipline
• Health Ecology Program

3. Study of the impact of Western Society on Traditional Society

• Bio-psychosocial Model vs Biomedical Model
• Disease vs Illness
• Disease in Relation to Ecology, Culture

4. History

• Why does Traditional Healing still persist even when we have adequate medical facilities