Medical Anthropology and the World System by Hans A. Baer, Me... - 9781440829154

Medical Anthropology and the World SystemCritical Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Hans A. Baer, Merrill Singer, Ida Susser\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Praeger Publishers Inc\nISBN-13: 9781440829154, 978-1440829154\nSynopsis\nNow in its third edition, this textbook serves to frame understandings of health, health-related behavior, and health care in light of social and health inequality as well as structural violence. It also examines how the exercise of power in the health arena and in society overall impacts human health and well-being.\n\nMedical Anthropology and the World System: Critical Perspectives, Third Edition includes updated and expanded information on medical anthropology, resulting in an even more comprehensive resource for undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers worldwide. \n\nAs in the previous versions of this text, the authors provide insights from the perspective of critical medical anthropology, a we.