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EPISTÉMÈ Vol.10 pp.33-54
Historical Approach of Medical Anthropology
Key Words : relationship,therapy,medicine,anthropology,nursing,neat,history,politics,health,AIDS,ideology,partnership,classification,experience,patient
Abstract
Since its inception in the 1960s, medical anthropology has diversified considerably. It now incorporates many collaborations between anthropologists and care professionals, the proposed research focuses on multiple topics, the doctor-patient relationship, the representation of disease or the use of alternative medicine. In this article, we will try to summarize the evolution of this specialty still causing much debate, and try to establish its current position in relation to medicine and classical anthropology.