Extra/ordinary medicine : Toward an anthropology of primary care

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Primary care is at the forefront of healthcare delivery. It is the site of disease prevention and health management and serves as the bridge between communities and the health care system As ethnographers of primary care, in this article we discuss what is gained by situating anthropological inquiry within primary care. We articulate how anthropologists can contribute to a better understanding of the issues that emerge in primary care. We provide a review of anthropological work in primary care and offer empirical data from two ethnographic case studies based in the United States, one focused on social risk screening in primary care and the other examining the diagnosis and care of people with dementia in primary care. Through these cases, we demonstrate how research of and within primary care can open important avenues for the study of the multidimensionality of primary care. This multidimensionality is apparent in the ways the medical field addresses the social and structural experiences of patients, scope of practice and disciplinary boundaries, and the intersection of ordinary and extraordinary medicine that emerge in the care of patients in primary care.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:346

Enthalten in:

Social science & medicine (1982) - 346(2024) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 116707

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sideman, Alissa Bernstein [VerfasserIn]
Razon, Na'amah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anthropology
Dementia
Extra/ordinary
Journal Article
Primary care
Qualitative methods
Review
Social determinants of health

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Date Completed 29.03.2024

Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116707

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369207491