Medical anthropology and the world system

• Verfasst von: Baer, Hans A. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Susser, Ida [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Singer, Merrill [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Medical anthropology and the world system
• Titelzusatz: critical perspectives
• Verf.angabe: Hans A. Baer, Merrill Singer, and Ida Susser
• Ausgabe: Third edition
• Verlagsort: Santa Barbara, California
• Verlag: Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
• E-Jahr: 2013
• Jahr: [2013]
• Umfang: xii, 521 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Diagramme
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references (pages [435]-497) and index
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-0255-3
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-2915-4
• Schlagwörter: (s)Ethnomedizin
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1049119282

Abstract

Medical Anthropology and the World System: Critical Perspectives, Third Edition includes updated and expanded information on medical anthropology, resulting in an even more comprehensive resource for undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers worldwide. ||As in the previous versions of this text, the authors provide insights from the perspective of critical medical anthropology, a well-established theoretical viewpoint from which faculty, researchers, and students study medical anthropology. It addresses the nature and scope of medical anthropology; the biosocial and political