A Companion to Medical Anthropology

Merrill Singer editor Pamela I Erickson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:27th Mar '15

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A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today.

  • Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s
  • Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology
  • Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics
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“It will be of use to undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as proving worthwhile to academics seeking accessible summaries of areas outside their specialism.”—Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

ISBN: 9781118863213

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 25mm

Weight: 875g

576 pages