Introducing Medical Anthropology: A Discipline in Action by Merrill Singer (Engl

Description: Introducing Medical Anthropology by Merrill Singer, Hans Baer, Debbi Long, Alex Pavlotski Introducing Medical Anthropology, Third Edition, is intended for use in the medical anthropology course taught primarily at four year universities. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The third edition of Introducing Medical Anthropology: A Discipline in Action, provides students with a first exposure to the growing field of medical and health anthropology. The narrative is guided by unifying themes. First, health-oriented anthropologists are very involved in the process of helping, to varying degrees, to change the world around them through their work in applied projects, policy initiatives, and advocacy. Second, the authors present the fundamental importance of culture and social relationships in health and illness by demonstrating that illness and disease involve complex biosocial processes and that resolving them requires attention to a range of factors beyond biology. Third, through an examination of the issue of health inequality, this book underlines the need for an analysis that moves beyond cultural or even ecological models of health toward a comprehensive biosocial approach. Such an approach integrates biological, cultural, and social factors in building unified theoretical understandings of the origin of ill health, while contributing to the building of effective and equitable national health-care systems.NEW TO THIS EDITIONAll chapter have been updated or expanded.New OrganizationoThe former chapter 6, Health Disparity, Health Inequality, is now chapter 4oThe former chapter 7, Health and the Environment: Toward a Healthier World, is now chapter 5oThe former chapter 4, Ethnomedicine: The Worlds of Treatment and Healing, is now chapter 6oThe former chapter 5, Plural Medical Systems: Complexity, Complementarity, and Conflict, is now chapter 7oNEW: Chapter 8, The Biopolitics of Life: Biotechnology, Biocapital, and Bioethics Author Biography Merrill Singer is a professor of anthropology and senior research scientist at the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention at the University of Connecticut.Hans A. Baer is Principal Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Social Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne.Debbi Long is a Senior Lecturer in Global Studies at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.Alex Pavlotski is a Teaching Fellow at Aukland University, New Zeland, and an honorary research fellow at Latrobe University in Australia Table of Contents PrefaceAbout the AuthorsChapter 1 Introduction to the Anthropology of HealthChapter 2 What Health Anthropologists DoChapter 3 Understanding Health, Illness, and DiseaseChapter 4 Health Disparity, Health InequalityChapter 5 Health and the Environment: Toward a Healthier WorldChapter 6 Ethnomedicine: The Worlds of Treatment and HealingChapter 7 Plural Medical Systems: Complexity, Complementarity and ConflictChapter 8 The Biopolitics of Life: Biotechnology, Biocapital, and BioethicsChapter 9: Strategies and Visions for a Healthier WorldSource Material for StudentsGlossaryReferencesIndex Long Description The third edition of Introducing Medical Anthropology: A Discipline in Action, provides students with a first exposure to the growing field of medical and health anthropology. The narrative is guided by unifying themes. First, health-oriented anthropologists are very involved in the process of helping, to varying degrees, to change the world around them through their work in applied projects, policy initiatives, and advocacy. Second, the authors present the fundamental importance of culture and social relationships in health and illness by demonstrating that illness and disease involve complex biosocial processes and that resolving them requires attention to a range of factors beyond biology. Third, through an examination of the issue of health inequality, this book underlines the need for an analysis that moves beyond cultural or even ecological models of health toward a comprehensive biosocial approach. Such an approach integrates biological, cultural, and social factors in building unified theoretical understandings of the origin of ill health, while contributing to the building of effective and equitable national health-care systems.NEW TO THIS EDITIONAll chapter have been updated or expanded.New OrganizationoThe former chapter 6, Health Disparity, Health Inequality, is now chapter 4oThe former chapter 7, Health and the Environment: Toward a Healthier World, is now chapter 5oThe former chapter 4, Ethnomedicine: The Worlds of Treatment and Healing, is now chapter 6oThe former chapter 5, Plural Medical Systems: Complexity, Complementarity, and Conflict, is now chapter 7oNEW: Chapter 8, The Biopolitics of Life: Biotechnology, Biocapital, and Bioethics Feature View the Front Matter, Chapter 1, and Chapter 8 Details ISBN1538106469 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield ISBN-10 1538106469 ISBN-13 9781538106464 Format Paperback Author Alex Pavlotski Year 2019 Subtitle A Discipline in Action Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Pages 320 DEWEY 306.461 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Short Title Introducing Medical Anthropology Language English Edition 3rd Publication Date 2019-03-20 UK Release Date 2019-03-20 NZ Release Date 2019-03-20 US Release Date 2019-03-20 Illustrations Text Boxes; Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Charts; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs Edition Description Third Edition Alternative 9781538106457 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2019-05-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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