The study of disease, health-care systems, and the theories and methods of curing in cross-cultural perspective is known as __________.

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Medical anthropology is the study of disease, health-care systems, and the theories and methods of curing in cross-cultural perspective. Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in populations. Ethnoscience focuses on the ways in which people classify and understand phenomena in the world around them, including health and illness. Metamedicine is not a recognized field of study.

The Study of Disease, Health-Care Systems, and the Theories and Methods