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What jobs are available in the field of medical anthropology?

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I know what it is and what it entails, but what types of companies and which branches of governments hire them?

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  1. I think that forensic science uses those in the field to solve crimes that have been committed a long time ago. I think that the CDC has people determining the causes of deaths in the past to see how they might be avoided in the present.


  2. Medical anthropology is a sub-branch of anthropology that is concerned with the application of anthropological and social science theories and methods to questions about health, illness and healing. Some medical anthropologists are trained primarily in anthropology as their main discipline, while others have studied anthropology after training and working in health or related professions such as medicine, nursing or psychology. Medical anthropologists conduct research in settings as diverse as rural villages and urban hospitals and clinics. They may teach medical anthropology in university anthropology departments, medical and nursing schools and in community-based settings.

    Themes and questions in medical anthropology include:

    Development of systems of medical knowledge and health care

    Patient-practitioner relationships

    Integrating alternative medical systems in culturally diverse environments

    The interactions between biological, environmental and social factors influencing health and illness at both individual and community levels

    The impacts of biomedicine and biomedical technologies in non-Western settings

  3. Jobs in government and non government organisations that deal with public and global health that may include researching the relationship between culture, medicine, disease and healing within populations.

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