Health Studies: A Critical and Cross-Cultural Reader

* Presents an exciting, critical and challenging array of classic and recent writings on the social basis of health, illness and healing
* The editor provides a general introduction to the book, laying out its aims and objectives and outlining the range of approaches that are adopted and represented in the volume.
* Each section of the volume is introduced with an essay by the editor setting out and contextualising the core concerns of the authors whose work follows.
* The volume has broad, international appeal, as it draws together writings from North America, Europe and the Third World.