Exploring Medical Anthropology 4th Edition by Donald Joralemon (English) Paperba

Description: Exploring Medical Anthropology by Donald Joralemon Now in its fourth edition, Exploring Medical Anthropology provides a concise and engaging introduction to medical anthropology. It presents competing theoretical perspectives in a balanced fashion, highlighting points of conflict and convergence. Concrete examples and the authors personal research experiences are utilized to explain some of the disciplines most important insights, such as that biology and culture matter equally in the human experience of disease and that medical anthropology can help to alleviate human suffering.The text has been thoroughly updated for the fourth edition, including fresh case studies and a new chapter on drugs. It contains a range of pedagogical features to support teaching and learning, including images, text boxes, a glossary, and suggested further reading. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Donald Joralemon is Professor of Anthropology at Smith College, USA. Table of Contents 1. Whats So Cultural about Disease? 2. Anthropological Questions and Methods in the Study of Sickness and Healing 3. Recognizing Biological, Social, and Cultural Interconnections: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives on a Cholera Epidemic 4. Expanding the Vision of Medical Anthropology: Critical and Interpretive Views of the Cholera Epidemic 5. The Global Petri Dish 6. Healers and the Healing Professions 7. Drugs 8. Applying Medical Anthropology 9. Anthropology and Medical Ethics 10. A Look Back and a Glance Ahead Review Praise for the new edition:"Using the process of ethnographic fieldwork, Joralemon helps understand, address and apply knowledge on health and disease. This concise yet complete rendition of sufferers stories in the context of research, intervention, media coverage and health policy should be required reading in university courses on medical anthropology."Judith Freidenberg, University of Maryland, USA"This indispensable work solves the need for a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the anthropology of health. It can serve as the primary text for a beginning level course or, as I employ it, a template to jump start an advanced course on culture, health and healing that integrates varied literature, ethnography, and media. Topics cover the gamut from the classical, such as shamanism and the malarial origins of sickle cell, to the timely, such as TRT and the gendered politics of Zika. Engagingly written, with a biocultural bent, Joralemons book deftly and fairly portrays the fields achievements without shying from its controversies."Kathryn Oths, University of Alabama, USA Review Quote Praise for the new edition: "Using the process of ethnographic fieldwork, Joralemon helps understand, address and apply knowledge on health and disease. This concise yet complete rendition of sufferers stories in the context of research, intervention, media coverage and health policy should be required reading in university courses on medical anthropology." Judith Freidenberg, University of Maryland, USA "This indispensable work solves the need for a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the anthropology of health. It can serve as the primary text for a beginning level course or, as I employ it, a template to jump start an advanced course on culture, health and healing that integrates varied literature, ethnography, and media. Topics cover the gamut from the classical, such as shamanism and the malarial origins of sickle cell, to the timely, such as TRT and the gendered politics of Zika. Engagingly written, with a biocultural bent, Joralemons book deftly and fairly portrays the fields achievements without shying from its controversies." Kathryn Oths, University of Alabama, USA Details ISBN1138201863 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1138201863 ISBN-13 9781138201866 Format Paperback Edition 4th Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Donald Joralemon Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd DEWEY 306.461 Pages 156 Affiliation Smith College, USA Publication Date 2017-04-06 Textbook 1 Language English AU Release Date 2017-04-06 NZ Release Date 2017-04-06 UK Release Date 2017-04-06 Illustrations 1 Tables, black and white; 7 Halftones, black and white Edition Description 4th edition Alternative 9781138201873 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:102236948;

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