Society for Medical Anthropology
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The Society for Medical Anthropology is a professional organization that promotes the anthropological study of health, illness, and medicine within the broader American Anthropological Association.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
learned society
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professional association → section of the American Anthropological Association → |
| affiliatedWith | medical anthropology journals → |
| aims |
to encourage the application of anthropological knowledge to health issues
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to foster communication among medical anthropologists → to promote the anthropological study of health, illness, and medicine → to support scholarship in medical anthropology → |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| discipline | anthropology → |
| field | medical anthropology → |
| focusesOn |
HIV/AIDS
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biomedicine → caregiving → chronic illness → clinical encounters → disability → epidemics → ethnomedicine → global health → healing practices → health → health care systems → health inequalities → health policy → health professions → illness → medical education → medical ethics → medicine → mental health → patient experience → public health → reproductive health → science and technology studies → social determinants of health → |
| hasMemberType |
anthropologists
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health professionals → researchers → students → |
| language | English → |
| organizes |
conferences
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panels at professional meetings → workshops → |
| parentOrganization | American Anthropological Association → |
| supports |
professional networking
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publications in medical anthropology → student mentoring → |
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