| Description |
v, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index. |
| Contents |
Why have a medical anthropology? -- What medical anthropologists do -- What is health? : experiencing illness, knowing disease -- Ethnomedicines : the worlds of treatment and healing -- Plural medical systems in the contemporary world : complexity, complementarity, and conflict -- Health disparity, health inequity -- Health and the environment : toward a healthier world -- Source material for students. |
| Subject |
Anthropology, Physical. |
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Environmental Health. |
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Health Status Disparities. |
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Social Medicine. |
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Medical anthropology.
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| Added Author |
Baer, Hans A., 1944-
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| ISBN |
0759110581 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780759110588 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780759110571 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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0759110573 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101319433 |
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IG# 9780759110571 |
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AU@ 000041511961 |
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NLGGC 305644270 |
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