Norman Oliver


M. Norman Oliver Assistant Professor M.D. Case Western Reserve University, 1994 M.A. (Anthropology) Case Western Reserve University, 1992
I am interested in Western biomedical practice and how social and cultural factors influence the delivery of those health services and the health outcomes of those services. In particular, I am interested in the physician-patient interaction. I seek to look at the discourse between patient and physician to shed light on how communicative practice in the medical setting leads to diagnostic and treatment decisions. In this regard, I am interested in integrating cognitive anthropological approaches with interpretive ethnography. Geographically, I am primarily interested in African-American populations. Specializations Medical anthropology; race, gender, and social class issues in health care; Marxism.

M. Norman Oliver

Assistant Professor
M.D. Case Western Reserve University, 1994
M.A. (Anthropology) Case Western Reserve University, 1992

I am interested in Western biomedical practice and how social and cultural factors influence the delivery of those health services and the health outcomes of those services. In particular, I am interested in the physician-patient interaction. I seek to look at the discourse between patient and physician to shed light on how communicative practice in the medical setting leads to diagnostic and treatment decisions. In this regard, I am interested in integrating cognitive anthropological approaches with interpretive ethnography. Geographically, I am primarily interested in African-American populations.

Specializations

Medical anthropology; race, gender, and social class issues in health care; Marxism.