Thinking global health from the perspective of anthropology

Abstract COVID-19 has brought about political, economic, cultural, and interspecies problems far from medical areas, which challenges academia to rethink global health. For holism principle, anthropology offers valuable insights into these health issues, including the political economy of inequality...

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Autores principales:	Ruobing Ji, Yu Cheng
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Global health Medical anthropology Holism Political economy of inequality Cultural diversity Cultural adaptation Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/85ab75817b634aa89dfce11e3c18f508
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:85ab75817b634aa89dfce11e3c18f5082021-12-05T12:17:45ZThinking global health from the perspective of anthropology10.1186/s41256-021-00233-z2397-0642https://doaj.org/article/85ab75817b634aa89dfce11e3c18f5082021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-021-00233-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2397-0642Abstract COVID-19 has brought about political, economic, cultural, and interspecies problems far from medical areas, which challenges academia to rethink global health. For holism principle, anthropology offers valuable insights into these health issues, including the political economy of inequality, cultural diversity, and cultural adaptations, as well as the study of multispecies ethnography. These perspectives indicate that unequal political and economic systems contribute to health problems when people acknowledge disease and illness mechanisms. Moreover, cultural diversity and cultural adaptation are essential for providing appropriate medical solutions. Lastly, as a research method of studying interspecies relationships, multispecies ethnography promotes one health and planetary health from the ultimate perspective of holism. In conclusion, global health is not only a bio-medical concept but also involves political economy, culture, and multispecies factors, for which anthropology proffers inspiring theories and methods.Ruobing JiYu ChengBMCarticleGlobal healthMedical anthropologyHolismPolitical economy of inequalityCultural diversityCultural adaptationPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENGlobal Health Research and Policy, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2021)
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description	Abstract COVID-19 has brought about political, economic, cultural, and interspecies problems far from medical areas, which challenges academia to rethink global health. For holism principle, anthropology offers valuable insights into these health issues, including the political economy of inequality, cultural diversity, and cultural adaptations, as well as the study of multispecies ethnography. These perspectives indicate that unequal political and economic systems contribute to health problems when people acknowledge disease and illness mechanisms. Moreover, cultural diversity and cultural adaptation are essential for providing appropriate medical solutions. Lastly, as a research method of studying interspecies relationships, multispecies ethnography promotes one health and planetary health from the ultimate perspective of holism. In conclusion, global health is not only a bio-medical concept but also involves political economy, culture, and multispecies factors, for which anthropology proffers inspiring theories and methods.
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Thinking global health from the perspective of anthropology

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