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...

The thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides an unparalleled overview of sociological...

Bodies and Lives in Ancient America offers a broad overview of what it was like to live and die throughout North America before European contact. U...

Clinical Anthropology 2.0 presents a new approach to applied medical anthropology that engages with clinical spaces, healthcare systems, care deliv...

The desperate need for a vast part of the global population to access better medicines in more certain ways is one of the biggest concerns of the m...

Scholarship on Maya healing traditions has focused primarily on the roles of midwives, shamans, herbalists, and diviners. Bonesetters, on the other...

Scholarship on Maya healing traditions has focused primarily on the roles of midwives, shamans, herbalists, and diviners. Bonesetters, on the other...

A New Scientist Best Book of 2020 How is it that a baboon and a blob of slime mould instinctively know what to eat for optimal health, ba...

Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory curates and collects many of the most important publications of anthropological thought spanning t...

For over twenty years, A History of Anthropological Theory has provided a strong foundation for understanding anthropological thinking, tracing how...

This is the first textbook of Virtual Anthropology, the new science that combines elements from fields as diverse as anthropology, medicine, statis...

For over twenty years, A History of Anthropological Theory has provided a strong foundation for understanding anthropological thinking, tracing how...

Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways in which obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science and policy and how t...

A Companion to Forensic Anthropology presents the most comprehensive assessment of the philosophy, goals, and practice of forensic anthropology cur...

When Mary Steedly went to North Sumatra, Indonesia, she intended to study the curing practices of Karo Batak spirit mediums, the gurus who keep a c...

Since the 1970s, understanding of the effects of trauma, including flashbacks and withdrawal, has become widespread in the United States. As a resu...

The World Health Organization is currently promoting a policy of replacing traditional or lay midwives in countries around the world. As part of an...

Spanning over half a century of investigation into Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of ...

Working with human remains raises a whole host of ethical issues, from how the remains are used to how and where they are stored. Over recent years...

In this important collection, prominent scholars who helped to establish medical anthropology as an area of study reflect on the field's past, pres...

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During the twentieth century, genes were considered the controlling force of life processes, and the transfer of DNA the definitive explanation for...

Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience relates the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genet...

The relationship between undocumented immigrants and law enforcement officials continues to be a politically contentious topic in the United States...