Introducing Medical Anthropology

Author: Merrill Singer
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0759110573
Category: Medical

Introducing Medical Anthropology: A Discipline in Action

This new text provides students with a first exposure to the growing field of medical anthropology. Download Introducing Medical Anthropology medical books for free.
As such, it is guided by three unifying themes. First, medical anthropology is actively engaged in helping to address pressing health problems around the globe through research, intervention, and policy-related initiatives. Second, illness and disease cannot be fully understood or effectively addressed by treating them solely as biological in nature; rather, health problems involve complex biosocial processes and resolving them requires attention to range of factors including systems of belief, structures of social relationship, and environmental conditions. Third, through an examination of health inequalities on the one hand, and environmental Get Introducing Medical Anthropology our bestseller medical books.

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