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Discussion Points #4 PDF
Discussion Points #4 PDF
In her interview, Margaret Lock states that biomedicine often assumes that there is a universal
body, but she emphasizes that variation within individuals must be recognized. The main
application of this assumption is to assume that new approaches and methodologies discovered
can be used everywhere in the world. It also assumes that culture is the only thing that affects
people, but nature also has a large role to play. Lock also states that medical anthropologists
ignore the social aspects of medical conditions in favor of individualization, acknowledging the
fact that not all conditions can be treated the same universally.