What Does A Medical Anthropologist Do?

Question

Any information on Medical Anthropology would be very much appreciated, but I'm mostly looking for a job overview and description, and maybe wage information if it's known.

Thank you!

Answer 1

guess about the logistics of everything

Answer 2

Sounds cool, but I think you need to get a degree in physical anthropology and/or forensic medicine before you send off your resume.

Check out the American Medical Association as well as whatever anthropology organization(s) - find websites and poke around.  Then, try googling "medical anthropology" and see what comes up.

Even right now, you have an interest in this before you even research it... so you MUST have a hunch about it.  What do YOU think it is?  (Or ask yourself, why does it interest you?)

Good luck!

Answer 3

A medical anthropologist studies medicinal uses and diseases in cultural settings.  Thus they look at the relationship between illness, medicine, and the particular cultural group they happen to be studying.  They do this through mainly ethnobotany (the study of cultural plant uses) and ethnographic fieldwork.  Some will apply their knowledge to Western Medicine via consulting with pharmaceutical companies, comparing western/indigenous treatment of diseases, etc.  Some Medical Anthropologists go on beyond the PhD and get an MD.  It just depends on what their specialty is.