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Author:

Singer, Merrill.

Title:

Introducing medical anthropology : a discipline in action / Merrill Singer and Hans Baer.

Publisher:

AltaMira Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

v, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Anthropology, Physical.
Environmental Health.
Health Status Disparities.
Social Medicine.
Medical anthropology.
Medische antropologie

Other Authors:

Baer, Hans A., 1944-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index.

Contents:

1. Why have a medical anthropology? -- 2. What medical anthropologists do -- 3. What is health? : experiencing illness, knowing disease -- 4. Ethnomedicine : the worlds of treatment and healing -- 5. Plural medical systems in the contemporary world : complexity, complementarity, and conflict -- 6. Health disparity, health inequality -- 7. Health and the environment : toward a healthier world -- Source material for students -- References -- Index.

ISBN:

0759110581 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780759110588 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0759110573 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780759110571 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)122701707

LCCN:

2007013895

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)