Description |
xiv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Introducing Medical Anthropology -- 2. The Origins and Theories of Medical Anthropology -- 3. The Fabric of Health -- 4. Population and Disease, the Changing Indicators of Health -- 5. The Life Course: Birthing, Living, Dying -- 6. Personhood, Liminality, and Identity -- 7. The Transforming Signs of Sickness and Healing -- 8. Medical Knowledge -- 9. Power and Organization in Medicine -- 10. Shaping the Fabric of Health |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index |
Subject |
Medical anthropology.
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LC no. |
2001092036 |
ISBN |
0070328315 |
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