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020			_a978-0-7591-2089-1
050			_aGN 296. S56 2012
100			_aSinger, M.
245		0	_aIntroducing Medical Anthropology: A discipline in action
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aLanham, Maryland _bAltamira press _c2012
300			_aviii, 293p.
500			_aDesigned 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.
650			_aAnthropology, Medical|Medicine, Traditional|Health
942			_2lcc _cBK
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