Critical Medical Anthropology Considers the Intersection of Health Care and Systems

Critical medical anthropology considers the intersection of health care and systems of power: economic and political systems,race,class,gender,and sexuality.This necessitates that a critical medical anthropologist

A) understand how best to combat social and economic inequality at all levels.
B) be prepared to challenge medical authority in instances where their programs do not function effectively in the area of health.
C) understand how to effect political and social change in the areas that most directly impact the place of study.
D) look beyond the Western system of biomedicine and the focus on individual care.