Medical Anthropology

Assemblages of cancer illustrates the tensions in the experiences and context of breast cancer in Western Europe. Breast cancer is presented as a s...

Anthropology of Reproduction: The Basics is a clear and accessible guide to topics in reproduction from the perspective of anthropology, emphasizin...

Anthropology of Reproduction: The Basics is a clear and accessible guide to topics in reproduction from the perspective of anthropology, emphasizin...

Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring scientific ideas, and it offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpre...

Drawing from ethnographic research, this book presents childrens lived experience of poverty and vulnerability in Kenya. By taking the case of Siay...

Dieses Buch verfolgt einen Ansatz der reproduktiven Gerechtigkeit, um zu argumentieren, dass die Leihmutterschaft, wie sie auf den heutigen neolibe...

In an era of escalating conflict-induced and climate-induced migration and cross-border interaction, transnational-competence (TC) preparation for ...

This work provides a new, comprehensive update to the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System (ASUDAS). Drawing upon her extensive expe...

Ageing is widely recognised as one of the social and economic challenges in the contemporary, globalised world, for which scientific, technological...

Anthropologist Donald Joralemon asks whether America is really, as many scholars claim, a death-denying culture that prefers to quarantine the sick...

An understanding of the social sciences within infection prevention and control (IPC) is important for those working in health and social care. Thi...

The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and ...

This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past, current and futur...

This book explores the interaction between anthropology and humanitarianism, focussed on the organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).The emphas...

The Domestication of Humans explains the alternative to the African Eve model by attributing human modernity, not to a speciation event in Africa, ...

Acts of public defiance towards biomedical public health policies have occurred throughout modern history, from resistance to early smallpox vaccin...

Acts of public defiance towards biomedical public health policies have occurred throughout modern history, from resistance to early smallpox vaccin...

The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology provides readers with an overview of the study of ancient disease.The volume begins by exploring current m...

Youth Digital Health and Online Platforms focuses on young peoples use of the digital platform Reddit for health. Drawing upon dialogism theory, th...

The concept of evolution has evolved over time. This is the conclusion reached by Carlo Bellieni and Lourdes Velàzquez, examining the biological an...

The Routledge Handbook of Medical Anthropology provides a contemporary overview of the key themes in medical anthropology. In this exciting departu...

This book uses the notion of discretionary medicine to explore the landscape of contemporary healthcare in Pakistan. It considers how patients freq...