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Author Janzen, John M.

Title The social fabric of health : an introduction to medical anthropology / John M. Janzen
Published Boston : McGraw Hill, [2002]
©2002

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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.
LC no. 2001092036
ISBN 0070328315