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Ansatte med arbeidsområde Sosialantropologi
Bårnes, Vibeke
Academic librarian in sociology, social anthropology and religionCulture and Social Sciences Library
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Library / Information literacy / Literature search / Library guidance / Classification / Teaching
Library / Information literacy / Literature search / Library guidance / Classification / Teaching
Research interests:
Mette Bech Risør is a professor in medical anthropology. She has many years of experience with research in functional disorders, however her research interests also span other fields, such as symptom perception/interpretation, illness perceptions, health systems and health practices in everyday life. Theoretically she is inspired by critical theory but also by phenomenology/life world concepts and theories on health, illness and doctor-patient relations. She has operationalised these theories and others in analyses of knowledge production, illness explanations and rationality/reasoni...