Anthropology 675B, Anthropology And International Health
...of Pharmaceutical Practice and the Pharmaceutical Industry
A) Pharmaceutical Practice: An Overview
B) Case Studies (Latin America, South and Southeast Asia, Africa)
* Self Medication
* Chemist Shop - OTC Sales
C) Public Health Concerns: Antibiotics Misuse/Resistance, ORS Prescription etc.
D) Policy Issues Related to Pharmaceutical patents, distribution and research:
* Pricing
* Research and Development
* Global Responsibility
* Availability, Distribution and Pricing of Anti-retroviral drugs, Revisited (TRIPS)
A. Pharmaceutical Practice: An Overview
Required Readings
Bledsoe, Caroline H., and Monica F. Goubaud
1985 The Reinterpretation and Distribution of Western Pharmaceuticals: An Example From the Mende of Sierra Leone. In The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries, S. van der Geest and S. R. Whyte, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp. 253-276.
Fabricant, Stephen J. and Norbert Hirschhorn
Deranged Distribution, Perverse Prescription, Unprotected Use: the Irrationality of Pharmaceutical in the Developing World. Health Policy and Planning. 2(3):204-213.
Geest, Sjaak,Van Der
1988 Pharmaceutical Anthropology: Perspective for Research and Application. Chapter in The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries. S. Van der Geest and S.R. Whyte (eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp. 329-365.
Geest, Sjaak,Van Der, Susan Reynolds Whyte and Anita Hardon
1996 The Anthropology of Pharmaceuticals: A Biographical Approach. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 25:153-178.
Hunte, Pamela A. and Farhat Sultana
1992 Health-Seeking Behavior and the Meaning of Medications in Balochistan, Pakistan. Social Science and Medicine. 34(12): 1385-1397.
Nichter, Mark and Nancy Vuckovic
1994 Agenda for an Anthropology of Pharmaceutical Practice. Social Science and Medicine. 39(11):1509-1525.
Obermeyer, Carla...
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