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9780759110571

Introducing Medical Anthropology A Discipline in Action

by Singer, Merrill; Baer, Hans A.
  • ISBN13:

    9780759110571

  • ISBN10:

    0759110573

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-09-16
  • Publisher: AltaMira Press
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Summary

A new text in the growing field of medical anthropology.

Author Biography

Hans Baer is a lecturer in the School of Social and Environmental Enquiry and the Centre of Health and Society at the University of Melbourne.

Table of Contents

Why Have a Medical Anthropology?p. 1
What Medical Anthropologists Dop. 35
What Is Health? Experiencing Illness, Knowing Diseasep. 63
Ethnomedicine: The Worlds of Treatment and Healingp. 101
Plural Medical Systems in the Contemporary World: Complexity, Complementarity, and Conflictp. 121
Health Disparity, Health Inequalityp. 151
Health and the Environment: Toward a Healthier Worldp. 181
Source Material for Studentsp. 209
Referencesp. 213
Indexp. 235
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