CRITICAL MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA: TRENDS, CONTRIBUTIONS, POSSIBILITES

Abstract

In the article, the author analyzes how the context of health systems in Latin America determines the specifics of current trends in medical anthropology in the region. He describes the history of the development and the current state of the discipline in the New World, and also focuses especially on such a direction as critical medical anthropology. The author highlights the relationship between traditional medicine and biomedicine as an aspect of the healthcare system, which can be called a key factor and driving force in the development of medical anthropology in Latin America.