Author/Editor | Juričič, Mojca | |
Title | Medicinska antropologija in zdravstveno varstvo | |
Translated title | Medical anthropology in the health care system | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Anthropol Noteb | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 3-4, št. 1 | |
Publication year | 1998 | |
Volume | str. 65-7 | |
Language | slo | |
Abstract | The article discusses the role of medical anthropology in health care systems, including organisation and implementation aspects, study design and, above all, health education. Medical anthropology aids mainly by knowledge and methods used in ethnographical studies, using epidemiological, demographic and social psychology method. This type of studies take into account social characteristics of specific environment and thus indispensable for public health care planning. | |
Descriptors | ANTHROPOLOGY ETHNOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH SERVICES |