医学人类学的社会文化视角

The Social Cultural Approach to the Medical Anthropology

医学人类学是采用人类学的理论、视角与方法对健康、疾病与治疗的相关认知与行为的研究,它还包括将人类学的知识用于解决健康、疾病与卫生保健相关的应用性工作。医学人类学的理论视角大体有两端,一端侧重人类的生物性,形成了医学人类学的生物文化视角;另一端关注社会文化层面,形成了医学人类学的社会文化视角。社会文化视角下的研究构成了医学人类学的主体。本文对社会文化视角的几种理论取向做了历时性梳理,并简要评述了国内相关的研究。

The medical anthropology uses the theories,methods,and views of anthropology to study the perception and act related with the health,illness,and therapy.It is also an applying work that uses the anthropology knowledge to solve the health problems. There are two theoretic approach to the medical anthropology,that is,the biological cultural view focusing on the biological nature of human,and the social cultural view focusing on the social cultural level.The studies under the social cultural view are the main ...