Understanding and applying medical anthropology /
This collection - now increased from 45 to 48 readings - exposes students to the breadth of theoretical viewpoints and issues in the field of medical anthropology. The text provides specific examples and case studies of research as they are applied in a range of health settings, from clinical encoun...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill Higher Education,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Summary: | This collection - now increased from 45 to 48 readings - exposes students to the breadth of theoretical viewpoints and issues in the field of medical anthropology. The text provides specific examples and case studies of research as they are applied in a range of health settings, from clinical encounters to preventive services to international health. New to this edition: eighteen new articles by the following authors: R. Nesse; Barry Bogin; Alan Goodman; Nina Jabolonski and George Chaplin; Merrill Singer, Dan W. Blumhagen; Daniel Moerman; Linda M. Hunt; Marcia Inhorm; Carrie Friese, Gay Becker and Robert Nachtigall; Margaret Lock; Chikako Ozawa-de Silva; Thomas Johnson; Janelle S. Taylor; Leandris Liburd, Apophia Namageyo-Funa, and Leonard Jack; Ronald Barrett and Peter J. Brown; and Edward C. Green; classics such as "the Doctor's White Coat" to familiarize those new to anthropology with certain basic concepts; reorganized section and subsection headings to fit current themes in medical anthropology; an important new feature in the context boxes, at the bottom of each section's introduction, telling advanced students where articles fit within the intellectual history of medical anthropology; updated and expanded conceptual tools sections; and many shortened readings, allowing for more material and heightened readability. - Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 468 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780073405384 0073405388 |