Introducing Medical Anthropology : A Discipline in Action /: A Discipline in Action. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Merrill Singer, Hans A. Baer, Debbi Long, and Alex Pavlotski.
• Other Names: Singer, Merrill; Baer, Hans A; Long, Debbi; Pavlotski, Alex
• Contents: Preface; About the Authors ; ; Chapter 1 Introduction to the Anthropology of Health ; ; Chapter 2 What Health Anthropologists Do ; ; Chapter 3 Understanding Health, Illness, and Disease ; ; Chapter 4 Health Disparity, Health Inequality ; ; Chapter 5 Health and the Environment: Toward a Healthier World ; ; Chapter 6 Ethnomedicine: The Worlds of Treatment and Healing ; ; Chapter 7 Plural Medical Systems: Complexity, Complementarity and Conflict ; ; Chapter 8 The Biopolitics of Life: Biotechnology, Biocapital, and Bioethics ; ; Chapter 9: Strategies and Visions for a Healthier World ; ; Source Material for Students ; ; Glossary ; ; References; ; Index
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.4/61; Medical anthropology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538106471; 1538106477
• Related ISBNs: 9781538106457
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed March 18, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.