Thinking global health from the perspective of anthropology  

作　　者：Ruobing Ji Yu Cheng 

机构地区：[1]School of Sociology and Anthropology,Sun Yat-Sen University,Guangzhou,Guangdong Province,China

出　　处：《Global Health Research and Policy》2021年第1期23-25,共3页全球健康研究与政策（英文）

基　　金：supported by the Major Program of the National Social Science Fund of China,“China’s Experience and Global Sharing in the Building of a Community of Common Health for Mankind”(Grant No.20&ZD122).

摘　　要：COVID-19 has brought about political,economic,cultural,and interspecies problems far from medical areas,which challenges academia to rethink global health.For holism principle,anthropology offers valuable insights into these health issues,including the political economy of inequality,cultural diversity,and cultural adaptations,as well as the study of multispecies ethnography.These perspectives indicate that unequal political and economic systems contribute to health problems when people acknowledge disease and illness mechanisms.Moreover,cultural diversity and cultural adaptation are essential for providing appropriate medical solutions.Lastly,as a research method of studying interspecies relationships,multispecies ethnography promotes one health and planetary health from the ultimate perspective of holism.In conclusion,global health is not only a bio-medical concept but also involves political economy,culture,and multispecies factors,for which anthropology proffers inspiring theories and methods.

关 键 词：Global health Medical anthropology HOLISM Political economy of inequality Cultural diversity Cultural adaptation Multispecies ethnography 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]