Medical anthropology as a scientific field in Russia and abroad

Authors

  • Dobkin de Rios M. California State University
  • Rakowski T. Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology

Abstract

In this article two leading researchers in the sphere of medical anthropology – Marlene Dobkin de Rios (USA) and Tomasz Rakowski (Poland) answer six questions about medical anthropology and its field of research, about education necessary for medical anthropologist and about the current state of development of this science in different countries.

Author Biographies

  • Dobkin de Rios M., California State University

    Academic degrees: 

    • D., Anthropology (1972)

    Current employment, position:

    • Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton
    • Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine
  • Rakowski T., Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology

    Academic degrees: 

    • Ph.D. (Anthropology)

    Current employment, position: 

    • Assistant Professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology;
    • Lecturer at the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw.

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Published

2021-02-08

Issue

2012 — No. 1 (3)

Section

SCIENCE / Discussions