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Based on reports from the World Health Organization, this ethnography concerns the concept of tradition/traditional as a quality of contemporary medicine. The discussion focuses on how this term has been mobilized within the context of global health and, not least, on its effects while being instituted as a therapeutic category. From a medical anthropology approach, I track the mobilization of this concept from the 1960s to current reports, through the Organization’s headquarters to its regional branches. I intend to highlight the shifts in its conceptualization, specifically, how the term has reshaped the identity and legitimacy of medicine and medication.
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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 001, and supported by FCT/MCTES UIDP/05608/2020, and UIDB/05608/2020.
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Traditional medicine Global health Medical anthropology International agencies World Health Organization FCT_UIDP/05608/2020 FCT_UIDB/05608/2020
Citation
Carlessi PC. Instituting traditional medicine: changes to identity and legitimacy in global health. Soc Theory Health. 2024 August 30. [Online first.]
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Springer