READING CAREFULLY THE CLASSIC OF MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: ANALYSIS OF ARTHUR KLEINMAN’S IDEAS

Authors

  • Mikhel D.V. Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation

Keywords:

medical anthropology, disease, health care systems, explanatory models, biomedical culture, suffering, social experience

Abstract

The emergence of medical anthropology in the last quarter of the twentieth century is closely linked to the name of Arthur Kleinman. The American researcher formulated the main problems of the new discipline and in many ways created its scientific language. The article analyzes his works devoted to understanding disease as a complex biopsychosocial phenomenon, biomedicine as a unique socio-cultural system and human suffering as a special form of social experience.

Author Biography

  • Mikhel D.V., Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation

    Academic degrees, membership in the RAS:

    • Doctor of Philosophy, Professor

    Place of main work, position:

    • Professor of the Department of Humanities, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow.

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Published

2021-02-18

Issue

2015 — No. 2 (10)

Section

EDUCATION / Articles