… scope of medical anthropology, as well as the critical perspective that we use. Chapter 1
discusses the concepts of health, disease, the sufferer experience, the medical system, medical …

… However, a critical perspective would tend to lead a researcher to investigate whether the
postal work skipped breakfast because of being late for work, the psychobiological effects of …

… of critical biocultural medical anthropology, which we suggests offers new possibilities for
anthropology generally and medical anthropology … Taking a critical perspective on scientific …

… We argue here for a break from paradigmatic, subdisciplinary boundaries and recognition
that a more resolutely political-economic and critical perspective offers considerable promise, …

… a history of medical anthropology, so that we may begin to gain both a theoretical and
sociocultural perspective upon our held. A history of medical anthropology is important in itself, so …

… Though I may not be convinced that critical medical anthropology is either new or necessary,
I have learned and I will listen more attentively-especially as the ideological roar subsides …

This article summarizes four significant theoretical concepts from the field of Critical Medical
Anthropology in two parts: in the first part, biopower/discipline and explanatory models; in …

… Biocultural and critical perspectives focus on different levels of analysis which in part results
from the differing paradigms in which they are rooted. Consciously following the Western …

… As a special interest group of the Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA), we are committed
to bringing a critical perspective to global health that encompasses factors that contribute to …

… that is at the core of medical anthropology, and it is only through … a snapshot of the field of
medical anthropology at that point in time. … in medical anthropology, although little of this work …