Medical Anthropology: An Introduction

Medical anthropology is the study of systems of health and healing found in different societies. It examines how people in different cultural settings experience health and illness. Such experiences often reflect a particular community's knowledge about sickness and misfortune in relation to broader belief systems and religious ideas.

This talk will briefly introduce some of the classic texts of Medical Anthropology and look at some contemporary debates in the field.

Michael Doolan is a lecturer in Social & Cultural Anthropology at Kensington and Chelsea College.