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A Dialogue between Naturopathy and Critical Medical Anthropology:
Author(s) -
Baer Hans A.,
Beale Cheryl,
Canaway Rachel,
Connolly Greg
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical anthropology quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.855
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1548-1387
pISSN - 0745-5194
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2012.01203.x
Subject(s) - naturopathy , sociology , anthropology , medical anthropology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Building on a dialogue between three trained naturopaths and a proponent of critical medical anthropology (CMA), this article highlights the relationship between health and society from the viewpoint of two fields that share this focal concern. Both naturopathy and CMA are committed to the notion of holistic health, although their approaches have historically been somewhat different. The responses of the three naturopaths to CMA exhibit both similarities and differences, particularly in terms of insights that CMA may make to naturopathy. This essay also articulates the CMA perspective of naturopathy and posits lessons that naturopathy can teach CMA. [naturopathy, critical medical anthropology, holistic health]