Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 584 pages
- Published by: Praeger Paperback
- Edition: Revised Edition May 30, 1996
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0275952657
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0275952655
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Description
A significant update of the 1990 classic state-of-the-art handbook on medical anthropology. With new chapters on AIDS, psychology and emotion, nutrition, and bioethics, the text reflects the changes in medical anthropological theory and practice since the late 1980s. Chapters from the first edition are revised to reflect current trends and to include recent references. This work demonstrates the creative expansion and diversity in the field, amidst efforts to explore the individual sickness experience in the context of local cultures and global political and economic dynamics.
About The Author
CAROLYN F. SARGENT is Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
THOMAS M. JOHNSON is Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Alabama Medical School.
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