How medical anthropology can contribute to cancer research

Bhangu, Shagufta; Caduff, Carlo

doi:10.1038/s41568-022-00507-9

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“…This entails taking the patient voice and priorities seriously by including patient voices in all aspects of research from planning to dissemination, policy making and the delivery of services 140–143 . Patient voices are critically important, and anthropological research provides deep insights into the complexities of patient experiences, 144 but we also need to be cognizant of which patient voices are being included in studies and why. Incorporating anthropological and sociological perspectives in clinical research could contribute to understanding what aspects affect the development of these collaborative approaches (e.g.…”

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Anthropological and sociological perspectives on food allergy

Cook

2023

Clin Experimental Allergy

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This review explores the anthropological and sociological literature on food allergy and identifies four primary areas of research to date. The first explores the relationality and management of risk, uncertainty and stigma among parents and sufferers of food allergies. The second analyses the influence of intersectionality, specifically the effects of class, gender, race/ethnicity and disability on experiences of food allergy. The third discusses diagnostic difficulties and the impact these have on legitimacy and believability, both in the context of clinician–patient relations and in managing food allergies in public spaces. The fourth explores the ethics and uncertainties in food allergy treatments and how scientific knowledge of emerging treatments is constructed. This body of research illustrates that although an individual disease, food allergy experiences are significantly affected by socio‐cultural structures, institutions, ideologies and discourses. The review concludes with four primary recommendations. First, there should be more incorporation of anthropological or sociological methodologies and perspectives into studies of food allergy. Second, studies are needed from more countries exploring lived experience of food allergy. Third, research on food allergy needs to incorporate an analysis of intersectional factors such as gender, class and race/ethnicity, and should explore the experiences of minority populations. Fourth, more research is needed on the interactions between biomedicine and local systems of knowledge, as well as the factors that shape what treatments become available, for whom it becomes available, experiences of treatment and aspects (including biases) that influence patient–clinician interactions.

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