At Home With Medical Anthropology in the Former Yugoslavia: Between Socialist Legacies and Neoliberal RealitiesBukovčan, Tanja (Avtor) Čebron Lipovec, Uršula (Avtor) medical anthropologyformer Yugoslaviasocial medicinesocialist self-managementneoliberalismsymposiumsdediščina socializmazdravstvozgodovinski preglediThe article traces the development of medical anthropolog y in the former Yugoslav region, highlighting how the discipline has evolved through the legacies of social medicine and socialist self-management and, in recent decades, as a response to neoliberal trends in healthcare. The authors understand this region as a site of epistemic resistance and creativ-ity, where scholars respond to shifting healthcare landscapes by rethinking the boundaries between critique and care, theory and practice. Drawing on a wealth of regional references and field experiences, the article offers both a historical and conceptual grounding for this special issue of Svetovi/Worlds, framing medical anthropolog y in the Balkans as simultane-ously local and transnational, reflexive and politically engaged.20262026-03-04 10:49:19Neznano180161slJugoslavija;