Before Arthur Kleinman’s research, medical anthropologists tended to assume that everyone in a small-scale society made similar decisions about treating health problems. Why did a perspective that emphasizes individual “explanatory models” transform the field of medical anthropology?

Medical anthropology

Before Arthur Kleinman’s research, medical anthropologists tended to assume that everyone in a small-scale society made similar decisions about treating health problems. Why did a perspective that emphasizes individual “explanatory models” transform the field of medical anthropology?