Medical AnthropologyIntroduction and Description:My subject, medical anthropology, is a field of study that uses culture, religion, education, economics/infrastructure, history and environment as a means of assessing and understanding "intercultural perspectives, components and interpretations of the concept of health" (Society for Medical Anthropology, p. 1). To further introduce medical anthropology, I will reiterate the highlights of my Earlier presentations in Turkey, I asked each person in our program the following question: “I would like you to tell me about health and what it means to you? vary considerably, making it difficult to define an overall concept of health. By analyzing the responses, I established the following five components of health: • Nutritional patterns and lifestyle habits. • Causes and impacts of. disease. Furthermore, the concept of health can be considered from two different angles. First, as a tool, that is, the value of health as a form of wealth that should not be taken for granted. Second, health as a product or goal that people strive to achieve and maintain. The four objectives of my project were as follows: 1) Develop a global concept of health. 2) Gain a basic understanding of each country's healthcare system and its individual philosophy of healing. 3) Determine what treatments a culture values, rejects, and to what extent its people use alternative medicine. • Compare and contrast my findings in each country in relation to each other counts...... middle of paper.....ion techniques.In addition, the research for this project allowed me to identify five elements essential to the acquisition of intercultural skills that I will use as guidelines in conflict resolution in my future profession: • Value diversity • Have the capacity for cultural self-assessment • Be aware of the dynamics inherent in the interaction of cultures • Have knowledge institutionalized cultural • Have developed adaptations to service delivery reflecting an understanding of cultural diversityIn summary, this independent project has just begun my study of medical anthropology and has established a solid foundation for continuing my progress toward achieving one of my professional goals: to become a collaborative healthcare provider. This goal will be further developed when I begin the nursing program at St. Olaf's College next fall..