While all of the subfield are interesting and give and each gives value to the overall study of humankind. I particularly found interest in Society of Medical Anthropology (SMA), which was initially founded in 1967, was later incorporated into American Anthropology Association as one of the subfields. SMA is dedicated to the profession of medical anthropology which is a collection of subject matters and methods of anthropology which provides new understanding of health, diseases, illness, care and treatment. Society brings together graduate students, practicing anthropologists, scholars and scholar activist to further the mission of the society of medical anthropology. History of the society started with a group of like minded people with similar careers called “Roster of Anthropologist, Physicians and Others Who Have Special Interest in Medical Anthropology”. Group first started sending out newsletters in 1968, later they had monthly meetings and when the society became a part of AAA they had meetings with annual meetings with newsletters each month in 1971. SMA’s websites has many subsection expanding their agenda, one of which is known as special interest groups for examples mental health group and health emergencies groups, they may be known as subsections that explores different topic of healthcare. Society of Medical Anthropology furthermore has a resources useful for the studies and reports, some of them provide support to students with access to various journals and studies, jobs and medical anthropology programs that are effective for students and members achievement. Another resource I found is a journal by and for the medical anthropologist, it’s called Medical Anthropology Quarterly, it’s described to be an international journal for the analysis of health published by SMA.

Society Medical Anthropology’s journal, Medical Anthropology Quarterly contents many different section. Journal has book views, current issue, critical care, second spear and older journal. While exploring the journals, I found some interesting book review and articles under critical care that I would like to discuss. Book review that interest is about a book called “The Look of a Women: Facial Feminization surgery and the Aims of Trans Medicine” by Eric Plemons, review by Bernabetta Wegenstein. Wegenstein in the review explains how the format of the book and implication where well address and the book discusses the history of trans community beginning present in healthcare and how it has evolved to now. Section of book review provide a really great through review regarding books they choose are don’t only focus on health, illness and diseases but also culture, discrimination and oppression of the group being discussed which contributes to SMA’s objective. Under the critical care section, an article titled “Competing Agendas: Health Insurance Reform and Precision Medicine” by Emily Hammad Mig, who address the new age treatment for cancer, how precision medicine can be a better solution for treating cancer because it’s individual to the patient. Article further discusses how an anthropologist points out that under the Affordable Care Act’s goal to provide equal access to health care, the act may create new disparities. One of which occurs with new age medical technology and patient using ACA have difficulty getting access to those and coverage for them derailed on the patient, which sometimes force patients with certain diseases like cancer to buy higher paying insurance to afford those treatments. Articles like this and many more contributes to the theme of anthropology and use current issue for example #metoo to understand it’s placement in health care.