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DO WE NEED OR SHALL I SAY WHY DO WE NEED, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS CONFRONTING GLOBAL AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES. Alexander Kollie's story: From BBC Saturday 21 September is a day…
Ebola in Sierra Leone: battling sadness, fear and disgust on the frontline An MSF psychologist reveals the trauma of dealing with the Ebola outbreak for medics, cleaners and the families…
NUTRITION AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS This blog is to break your stereotypic view of what the North American Indians consume. When I was preparing to write this blog, I thought…
BLONDE HAIRED GYPSY AND OTHER AMERICAN INDIAN TALES When I showed a photo of a Breton family get together, taken in a village in Brittany in France, to an American…
Cuban doctors fighting ebola: Heroes, not martyrs Milena Recio • October 14, 2014 HAVANA - Several media with worldwide reach have reported on Cuba’s decision to send 165 health professionals…
I wrote this while I was doing my post graduate studies in Medical Anthropology at the Brunel University of London, England photo taken in front of Beth Shalom Synagogue in…
PHILOSOPHICAL COUNSELLING AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS On my way over to the Indians, from Miami to Dallas, I was on American Airlines, and the flight attendants up front were very friendly.…
I am preparing for Yom Kippur in Miami when I received this message from Cuba. I had sen an email detailing the unselfish sacrifice of 175 cuban medical professionals who…
Eu tenho saudades de tudo Today I had an extraordinarily pleasant flight from London to Miami, it was as if, I was all alone and then given attention when necessary,…
I was dropping off my sister at the Miami International Airport. The lovely Cuban woman behind the counter at the Versailles Coffee shop at the Departure area made me a…
FREQUENT FLIER: THE GAME OF AIRLINE UPGRADES ON INTERCONTINENTAL FLIGHTS In the month of November, I have a flight scheduled from CMN Casablanca in Morocco to JFK in New York.…
DOES ANTHROPOLOGY HAVE A FUTURE? Yes. Why? The importance of OTHER is more relevant and urgent than ever before. How else are we going to understand, disparate cultural entities, interacting…