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The Alzheimer conundrum
Due to rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing, and the projections are grim. Despite billions of dollars invested in medical research, no effective treatment has been discovered for Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. The Alzheimer Conundrum exposes the predicaments embedded in current efforts to slow down or halt Alzheimer’s disease through early detection of pre-symptomatic biological changes in healthy individuals. Based on a meticulous account of the history of Alzheimer’s disease and extensive in-depth interviews, Margaret Lock highlights the limitations and the dissent associated with biomarker detection. Lock argues that basic research must continue, but should be complemented by a public health approach to prevention that is economically feasible, more humane, and much more effective globally than one exclusively focused on an increasingly harried search for a cure. Margaret Lock is the Marjorie Bronfman Professor Emerita in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine and the Department of Anthropology at McGill University.
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The Mindful Body: A Prolegomenon to Future Work in Medical Anthropology
Conceptions of the body are central not only to substantive work in medical anthropology, but also to the philosophical underpinnings of the entire discipline of anthropology, where Western assumptions about the mind and body, the individual and society, affect both theoretical viewpoints and research paradigms. These same conceptions also influence ways in which health care is planned and delivered in Western societies. In this article we advocate the deconstruction of received concepts about the body and begin this process by examining three perspectives from which the body may be viewed: (1) as a phenomenally experienced individual body-self; (2) as a social body, a natural symbol for thinking about relationships among nature, society, and culture; and (3) as a body politic, an artifact of social and political control. After discussing ways in which anthropologists, other social scientists, and people from various cultures have conceptualized the body, we propose the study of emotions as an area of inquiry that holds promise for providing a new approach to the subject.
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L'homme-machine et l'homme-microcosme: l'approche occidentale et l'approche japonaise des soins médicaux
Recent studies in epidemiology and the behavioural sciences demonstrate that environmental, social and psychological factors play a large role in the incidence of all types of diseases. This information along with new models derived from the pure sciences have called into question some of the premises upon which \"cosmopolitan\" medicine is based. The traditional East Asian medical model and the Western, bio-medical model are analysed and compared as products of their respective historical and cultural traditions. It is demonstrated that attitudes of both doctors and patients towards diagnosis, therapeutic goals, the sick role and the meaning of illness, among other factors, are profoundly modified by cultural context. It is suggested that in light of current epidemiological trends the biomedical model could be complemented by systems theory in which environmental, cultural, social and psychological variables are attributed as much consideration as biological factors.
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Man as Machine and Man as Microcosm: A Comparison of Western and Traditional Japanese Approaches to Patient Care
Recent studies in epidemiology & the behavioral sciences demonstrate that environmental, social, & psychological factors play a large role in the incidence of all types of diseases. This information, along with new models derived from the pure sciences, calls into question some of the premises on which \"cosmopolitan\" medicine is based. The traditional East Asian medical model & the Western biomedical model are analyzed & compared as products of their respective historical & cultural traditions. It is demonstrated that attitudes of both MDs & patients toward diagnosis, therapeutic goals, the sick role, & the meaning of illness, among other factors, are greatly modified by cultural context. It is suggested that the biomedical model be complemented by systems theory, giving consideration to environmental, cultural, social, & psychological variables as well as biological factors. Bibliography. HA.
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