A companion to medical anthropology /

• Other Authors: Singer, Merrill, Erickson, Pamela I. (Pamela Irene), 1951-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Series: Blackwell companions to anthropology.
• Subjects: Medical anthropology.; Anthropology, Physical.; Social Medicine.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.; Ethnomedizin.; Electronic books.

"In a global environment of enormous health challenges, medical anthropologists offer important understandings of health systems and healing practices around the world. These leading international scholars assess our persisting problems of malnutrition, chronic and infectious diseases, and the...