title: How critical can clinical anthropology be?
abstract: In recent years a dialogue has occurred between critical medical anthropologists and clinical anthropologists about the possibility of developing a critical clinical anthropology. Although critical medical anthropology aims to merge theory and praxis, I argue that achieving this goal in a biomedical clinical setting will be extremely difficult if not impossible. In pursuing their commitment to social action, critical medical anthropologists need to establish connections with other groups including: labor unions, ethnic minorities, women's organizations, environmentalists, and self-help groups, in the struggle to create a healthy society.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Baer
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D015510:Clinical Medicine