Introducing Medical Anthropology: A discipline in action
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TextPublication details: Lanham, Maryland Altamira press 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 293pISBN: - 978-0-7591-2089-1
- GN 296. S56 2012
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Designed to assist students who are new to medical anthropology to know the importance of interacting culture, social, environmental and political economic contexts. Addresses both specific health issues and analyzes them in their broader context. Depicts illnesses and diseases involve complex biosocial processes reviewing key ideas, methods and theoretical frameworks that guide research and application in medical anthropology. Highlights the importance of integrating biological, cultural and social factors in building unified theoretical understandings of the origin of ill health and contributes to the building of effective and equitable national health care systems.
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