Context, tradition and health: what medical anthropology can do? (summary)

Abstract

This article is an introductory speech by Academician V.A. Tishkov to the collection of articles "Problems of maintaining health in the North and Siberia: Works on medical anthropology." In science, the author analyzes his personal experience of use in the conditions of the Russian state, on its basis, conclusions about the role and significance of medical care as anthropology.