"It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives. It studies 'human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation.'"
Study of how culture, society, and biology affect health and illness in humans.
"...a subfield of social and cultural anthropology that examines the ways in which culture and society are organized around or influenced by issues of health, health care and related issues."
"The term 'medical anthropology' has been used since 1963 as a label for empirical research and theoretical production by anthropologists into the social processes and cultural representations of health, illness and the nursing/care practices associated with these."
"In Europe, the terms 'anthropology of medicine', 'anthropology of health' and 'anthropology of illness' have also been used..."
"...the terms 'anthropology of medicine', 'anthropology of health' and 'anthropology of illness' have also been used." (no specific time frame mentioned)
"...'medical anthropology' was also a translation of the 19th-century Dutch term 'medische anthropologie'."
"'...medical anthropology' was also a translation of the 19th-century Dutch term 'medische anthropologie'."
"It studies 'human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation.'"
"It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives."
"...it is one of the most highly developed areas of anthropology and applied anthropology..."
"...examines the ways in which culture and society are organized around or influenced by issues of health, health care and related issues."
"It examines the ways in which culture and society are organized around or influenced by issues of health, health care and related issues."
"...empirical research and theoretical production by anthropologists into the social processes and cultural representations of health, illness, and the nursing/care practices associated with these."
"...the social processes and cultural representations of health, illness, and the nursing/care practices associated with these."
"It is one of the most highly developed areas of anthropology and applied anthropology..."
"...the social processes and cultural representations of health, illness, and the nursing/care practices associated with these."
"It studies 'human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation.'"
"It examines the ways in which culture and society are organized around or influenced by issues of health, health care and related issues."
"It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives. It studies 'human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation'."
"This term was chosen by some authors during the 1940s to refer to philosophical studies on health and illness."