Medical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns

Francine Saillant (Editor), Serge Genest (Editor)

ISBN: 978-1-4051-5249-5

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336 pages

December 2006, Wiley-Blackwell

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Medical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns surveys medical anthropology by examining the multiplicity of intellectual traditions from which it emerged, taking a closer look at the paths charted by medical anthropologists in Europe and the Americas.

An overview of the discipline, written by medical anthropologists of international stature.
Includes case studies from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Also provides thematic perspectives, considering gender and politics in relation to medical anthropology.