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Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach
Andrea Wiley
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Description for Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach
Paperback. Num Pages: 478 pages, 50 halftones, 50 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 706.
Intended as the primary text for introductory courses on medical anthropology, this text integrates human biological data relevant to health and disease with both evolutionary theory and the social environments that more often than not produce major challenges to health and survival. Students who take this fastest-growing anthropology course come from a variety of disciplines (anthropology, biology, especially pre-med students, and health sciences, especially), so the text does not assume anything beyond a basic high-school level familiarity with human biology and anthropology. In addition to being the only current text that takes a biocultural approach, it provides a state-of-the-science ... Read more
Intended as the primary text for introductory courses on medical anthropology, this text integrates human biological data relevant to health and disease with both evolutionary theory and the social environments that more often than not produce major challenges to health and survival. Students who take this fastest-growing anthropology course come from a variety of disciplines (anthropology, biology, especially pre-med students, and health sciences, especially), so the text does not assume anything beyond a basic high-school level familiarity with human biology and anthropology. In addition to being the only current text that takes a biocultural approach, it provides a state-of-the-science ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
705 g
Number of Pages
478
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195308839
SKU
V9780195308839
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About Andrea Wiley
Andrea S. Wiley is Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University, where she is also the Director of the Human Biology Lab. She is the author of numerous articles on medical anthropology and the recent book An Ecology of High-altitude Infancy: A Biocultural Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2004). John S. Allen is currently Research Scientist at the Dornsife ... Read more
Reviews for Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach
It is interesting to read, and places the discipline in historical context. It is well written, and should become a standard text.
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