Medical Anthropology?

Question

I'm an anthro undergrad really interested in going into medical anthro. Any good resources out there? Any advice or other good info? Much thanks!

Answer 1

I know that many of my colleagues in Grad School went on to good careers in Medical Anthro/Public Health fields.  The school had a very good progarm - including internships with the State Health Department, etc.  I would suggest checking into schools like this where the staff and current students can probably give you a lot of insight.

http://www.albany.edu/anthro/biological%...

Answer 2

In addition to the above response, check out books such as "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" (Fadiman) as well as books and research by Arthur Kleinman, a psychiatrist interested in other cultures.  I am not an anthropologist, but find (found) the above absolutely fascinating.

Answer 3

Medical anthro is great! It's one of the areas in anthro in which PhDs can really enjoy non-academic job success. There are tons of wonderful grad programs that specialize in it and some of them allow you to do joint PhDs/MPHs which is nice.

Here's a link to the Society for Medical Anthropology, which is a section of the American Anthropological Association:

http://www.medanthro.net/

They have tons of great info on med anthro and links to grad programs, their journal (Medical Anthropology Quarterly), etc.