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A Companion to Medical Anthropology - 9781405190022

Un libro in lingua di Singer Merrill (EDT) Erickson Pamela I. (EDT) edito da John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2011

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Medical anthropology is introduced as a "baby boomer" of a field that arose with post-World War II optimism regarding the health of third world peoples. In this valuable contribution to the field, professors of anthropology and community medicine at the University of Connecticut introduce 26 chapters in which international contributors examine the expanding scope of this field in historical, theoretical, cultural, applied, research, and policy contexts. Authors treat areas including water rights, political violence, cancer, sexuality, reproduction, nutrition, the lifestyle use of prescription drugs, and the gamut of healthcare from ethnomedicine to biotechnologies. The volume concludes with a discussion of emerging issues, e.g., the health effects of increasing globalization, and the growing crisis in environmental health. Chapters include case studies and further reading. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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