A call for a critical medical anthropology of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Critical medical anthropology (CMA) must examine the COVID-19 pandemic
Area Of Science
- Medical Anthropology
- Sociology of Health
- Public Health Studies
Background
- The COVID-19 pandemic's impact extends beyond its acute phase.
- Persistent effects shape individual experiences, politics, and culture.
- Existing discourses often neglect the ongoing suffering from long COVID.
Purpose Of The Study
- To advocate for a critical medical anthropology (CMA) approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- To analyze the enduring 'afterlife' of the pandemic.
- To reframe COVID-19 as a persistent, ambient crisis.
Main Methods
- Conceptual analysis of public and institutional discourses.
- Introduction of the concept 'narrative compression'.
- Tracing the epistemic and political production of closure.
Main Results
- COVID-19 continues to structure individual and collective realities.
- 'Narrative compression' limits recognition of long COVID and other pandemic legacies.
- Closure is an actively produced phenomenon, not a natural endpoint.
Conclusions
- A renewed critical medical anthropology is essential for understanding the pandemic's full scope.
- Anthropological engagement must persist to diagnose transformations and foster accountability.
- Future health systems require more responsive and inclusive approaches.
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