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Sylvie Fainzang PhD + HdR Social Anthropology
Course and current status
Sylvie Fainzang is a French medical anthropologist. She obtained her PHD in 1984, then a Habilitation to Direct Researches in the EHESS (School of High studies in social sciences) in Paris in 1997. She is Director of Research in the INSERM (national institute of health and medical research), and a member of the Cermes (Center of research: medicine, sciences, health and society).
Scientific summary
Her main researches are on :
- Social and cultural dimensions of behaviors relating to health and illness
- Pharmaceutical uses and compliance
- Patient information
- Lying in doctor/patient relationships
- Self-medication and patient autonomy
Main publications and expertises on http://sylvie.fainzang.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.html
