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 InfoLanham, MD : AltaMira Press, ©2007.
Descriptionv, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index.
LCCN 2007013895
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