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POPH Medical Anthropology - Coggle Diagram
POPH Medical Anthropology
Patient comes in with their story: restitution, chaos, quest, testimonial
we need to make a metaphorical journey between us to them to understand the social, personal, spiritual, cultural, financial etc. factors behind their story
allows us to better treat them and helps settle them into their lives with this illness without doing anything to compromise their security and comfort
we need to put aside bias towards aspects of their identity eg. disabilities or homelessness and treat them as normal, full beings - intersectionality
HAVE to step away from the medicalized versions of their illness and view it as an alternative normal
we have to 'side' or help the patient if they deal with factors like contested illness and ensure they are safe, but supported by you and their community
the wounded healer - have to see them as equals, because although we may be treating and healing them now, we, too, are at risk of being in their position
need to understand the holistic impact of our communication on people's lives
to bridge this gap of communication, we can use the language of distress to bridge our experiences
intersectionality - part of their identity their relationship with health - eg. gender, ethnicity
Patients may have traveled a great way to reach us for help and treatment and healing
need to welcome and be mindful of their journey and efforts and be respectful of their desires and hopes
healthcare-pluralism = multiple sources of expertise
Hierarchy of Resort = lay, folk, professional
may want an objective outsider to help free of social context and knowledge - need to be aware of their confidentiality
Need to be mindful of what the patient's going through
completely surrounded by suffering, pain - alone with no one to turn to and confused
the pain is pointless, yet unending with no other alternative
alienation in 3 senses: yourself, others, making strangers of of familiar things
suffering has isolated them and destroyed their ability to communicate
henceforth, when they open up about their struggles and pain, we need to be present and willing to listen and understand
when they describe their struggle, we need to encourage and comfort them - become a mirror that reflects the meaning behind their words and helps them craft their narrative to express their feelings
understand that it is society that disables these people - social model
thus, we need to open our eyes and change the meaning of disability to reflect that it isn't something that will hinder someone when we work to accommodate that
their features are purely features but be medicalising it and labelling it as something that needs to be treated, we can allow these people to live normal lives than forcing them to change - predicament model
this way if they need our assistance, we can be more open and able to help without causing damage