Donald Joralemon's widely popular Exploring Medical Anthropology offers the curious lay person a concise and engaging introduction to the field that presents competing theoretical perspectives in a balanced fashion. Written in an accessible, jargon-free language, Exploring Medical Anthropology uses cases based on the author?s personal research experiences to explain four of the discipline's most important insights: 1) that biology and culture matter equally in the human experience of disease, 2) that the political economy is a primary epidemiological factor, 3) that ethnography is an essential tool to understand human suffering due to disease, and 4) that medical anthropology can help to alleviate human suffering.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN-13
9780205442348
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96737429
Product Key Features
Author
Donald Joralemon
Publication Name
Exploring Medical Anthropology
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
180mm
Item Width
234mm
Item Weight
288g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Donald Joralemon
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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