Introducing medical anthropology : a discipline in action / Merrill Singer and Hans Baer.
| Author/creator | Singer, Merrill |
| Other author | Baer, Hans A., 1944- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, ©2007. |
| Description | v, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Why have a medical anthropology? -- What medical anthropologists do -- What is health? : experiencing illness, knowing disease -- Ethnomedicines : the worlds of treatment and healing -- Plural medical systems in the contemporary world : complexity, complementarity, and conflict -- Health disparity, health inequity -- Health and the environment : toward a healthier world -- Source material for students. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007013895 |
| ISBN | 9780759110571 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0759110573 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780759110588 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0759110581 (pbk. : alk. paper) |