{"id":1754,"date":"2019-01-11T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2019-06-27T15:20:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:20:23","slug":"field-notes-in-the-clinic-on-medicine-anthropology-and-pedagogy-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2019\/01\/11\/field-notes-in-the-clinic-on-medicine-anthropology-and-pedagogy-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Notes in the Clinic on Medicine, Anthropology and Pedagogy in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Michelle Pentecost<\/p>\n<p>In this commentary I draw on my experience working as a medical doctor and an anthropologist to explore what different disciplinary orientations allow us to &#8216;see&#8217; in clinical settings. I argue that the anthropological skills of observation, privileging relationship, and of learning to foreground social context, have much to offer for teaching health sciences students about health care that upholds the humanity of patients and practitioners. 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