| Medical anthropology and epidemiology: divergences or convergences? | |
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PMID: 7899941 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Despite recent calls for greater collaboration between medical anthropologists and epidemiologists, examples of synthetic, interdisciplinary anthropological-epidemiological research are frankly rare, due in large part to perceptions among medical anthropologists that anthropology and epidemiology diverge considerably in their topics of inquiry, epistemological assumptions, methods of data collection and notions of risk and responsibility for illness. In this article, five of these perceived areas of divergence are examined, with an attempt to reconceptualize them as areas of potential convergence. |
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Authors:
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M C Inhorn |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Social science & medicine (1982) Volume: 40 ISSN: 0277-9536 ISO Abbreviation: Soc Sci Med Publication Date: 1995 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1995-04-26 Completed Date: 1995-04-26 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8303205 Medline TA: Soc Sci Med Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 285-90 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. |
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Anthropology
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organization & administration* Data Collection / methods Disease / etiology Epidemiology / organization & administration* Health Behavior Organizational Objectives Philosophy* Risk Terminology as Topic |
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