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Health and illness' antrophological studies in the 90's in Brazil

This article reviews and comments the anthropological and qualitative studies about the sociocultural dimensions of health and illness. It focus the different intellectuals positions, the concepts and methodologies and includes the theme sexuality, disease and genders relations. The article discuss some factors and its contributions to the academic production expansion, and is concerned only to the publications which its examination showed the main themes for selection.

Anthropology of health; Qualitative research in health; Concepts, methodologies and themes


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