Sökning: "medical anthropology"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade orden medical anthropology.
21. Sport Has Never Been Modern
Sammanfattning : Sport has often been understood as a set of formalised physical contests, and moreover as something inherently modern. New conceptions of the term implicates that sport ought to comprise all physical activity. However, the studies and approaches that describe the range and tension between those positions are lacking. LÄS MER
22. Languages of healing : Theories, practice and terminology within Eastern Turki medicine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Sammanfattning : Medical practices in Eastern Turkestan consisted of a number of components that are not easily identifiable, constituting a highly pluralistic medical field defined by several overlapping traditions, of which Graeco-Islamic medicine played one part while the others, including Western medicine, also played important and/or complementary roles. It can be defined as a diverse but still coherent medical tradition closely related to that of adjacent societies, especially Turkic and Muslim, but also shaped by its own specific historical and cultural context. LÄS MER
23. Nya utmaningar, gamla strategier - om distriktsläkares yrkesroll och attityder till samarbete
Sammanfattning : Background: Being confronted by patients with incurable chronic and psychosocially complicated conditions constitutes one of the major challenges for today’s General Practitioners (GP). The traditional biomedical disease model is often insufficient. Furthermore, today’s patients are educated, self-assured and make demands. LÄS MER
24. The Knowledgeable Parent : Ideologies of Communication in Swedish Health Discourse
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the communication of health knowledge among new parents in Sweden. Based on three separate studies, the thesis employs a selection of theoretical concepts and methodological approaches, mainly originating from mediated discourse analysis and linguistic anthropology. LÄS MER
25. Litterära besvär : skildringar av sjukdom i samtida svensk prosa
Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the theme of illness in Swedish fiction from the first decade of the 21st century. The aim is to present a wide-ranging discussion about illness as a contemporary literary theme. LÄS MER