The experience of illness

The experience of illness

Discipline: – Anthropology

Type of service: Essay

Spacing: Double spacing

Paper format: APA

Number of pages: 1 page

Number of sources: 2 sources

Paper details:

This is about the experience of illness. A meaning-centered perspective involves the ways that the disease is perceived by the people who are affected by it. Refer to the Kleinman and Benson article, “Anthropology in the Clinic: The Problem of Cultural Competency and How to Fix it” and consider why this perspective (meaning centered) is important for health practitioners to pursue. Think of a time when you have been sick and ask yourself those questions (listed in the article) to construct your own explanatory model of your illness. Your illness does not have to be major; it could be a headache, a cold, an ache, a pain, an injury, etc. The goal is to find the meaning of this illness to you. Be sure to cite your sources in-text and list complete references for any sources you use.