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Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology
Peter J. Brown
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Description for Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology
Paperback. This third edition of Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology, thoroughly updated and including 17 new selections and articles written for this volume on such themes as Ebola, PTSD, autism, and obesity, remains the seminal textbook in the field. Editor(s): Brown, Peter J.; Closser, Svea. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBS; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. Weight in Grams: 525.
The editors of the third edition of the seminal textbook Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology bring it completely up to date for both instructors and students. The collection of 49 readings (17 of them new to this edition) offers extensive background description and exposes students to the breadth of theoretical, methodological, and practical perspectives and issues in the field of medical anthropology. The text provides specific examples and case studies of research as it is applied to a range of health settings: from cross-cultural clinical encounters to cultural analysis of new biomedical technologies and the implementation of programs in global ... Read more
The editors of the third edition of the seminal textbook Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology bring it completely up to date for both instructors and students. The collection of 49 readings (17 of them new to this edition) offers extensive background description and exposes students to the breadth of theoretical, methodological, and practical perspectives and issues in the field of medical anthropology. The text provides specific examples and case studies of research as it is applied to a range of health settings: from cross-cultural clinical encounters to cultural analysis of new biomedical technologies and the implementation of programs in global ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Walnut Creek, United States
ISBN
9781629582917
SKU
V9781629582917
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Peter J. Brown
Peter J. Brown is a medical anthropologist holding a joint faculty appointment in anthropology and global health at Emory University. He has served as editor-in-chief of the journal Medical Anthropology and has won several national teaching and mentoring awards. His research interests are in culture and disease ecology, with particular focus on malaria and obesity. He is co-editor of The ... Read more
Reviews for Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology
Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology is the `go-to' book for teaching medical anthropology or related courses in culture and health. I have used it with great success in many classes. One of its great strengths is that multiple perspectives are covered-ethnomedicine, illness experience, biological interactions with culture and health, political ecology, and cross-cultural healing, among others. As a capstone, the ... Read more