Exploring Medical Anthropology - 4th Edition

Name: Exploring Medical Anthropology - 4th Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Exploring Medical AnthropologyAuthor(s): Donald Joralemon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138201873, 978-1138201873\nSynopsis\nNow in its fourth edition, Exploring Medical Anthropology provides a concise and engaging introduction to medical anthropology. It presents competing theoretical perspectives in a balanced fashion, highlighting points of conflict and convergence. Concrete examples and the authors personal research experiences are utilized to explain some of the disciplines most important insights, such as that biology and culture matter equally in the human experience of disease and that medical anthropology can help to alleviate human suffering.\n\nThe text has been thoroughly updated for the fourth edition, including fresh case studies and a new chapter on drugs. It contains a range of pedagogical features to support teaching and learning, including images, text boxes, a glossary, and suggested further.