{"product_id":"a-companion-to-medical-anthropology-paperback-softback-9781118863213","title":"A Companion to Medical Anthropology (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118863213","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Medical Anthropology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A Companion to Medical Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Merrill Singer and Pamela I. Erickson, is quite simply the best overview that is currently available of the field of medical anthropology in the early 21st century. The chapters brought together in this volume provide not only a definitive overview of an intellectual field, but also a clear sense of medical anthropology's engagement with the world of politics, policy and practice. This is critical social research at its very best.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard G. Parker, Columbia University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"With its broad scope and accomplished contributors, this volume will be a primary reference for all medical anthropologists and students of the field. Its comprehensive coverage extends both to dominant and emerging themes in the discipline.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Trostle, Trinity College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMerrill Singer (Edited by), Pamela I. Erickson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118863213, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e576 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.3 x 2.5 cm, 0.875 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It will be of use to undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as proving worthwhile to academics seeking accessible summaries of areas outside their specialism.”—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Medical Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by leading international scholars in medical anthropology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSynopsis of Contents viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments – Personal xxxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments – Sources xxxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Theories, Applications, and Methods 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Medical Anthropology in Disciplinary Context: Definitional Struggles and Key Debates (or Answering the Cri Du Coeur) 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElisa J. Sobo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Critical Biocultural Approaches in Medical Anthropology 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTom Leatherman and Alan H. Goodman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Applied Medical Anthropology: Praxis, Pragmatics, Politics, and Promises 49\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert T. Trotter, II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Research Design and Methods in Medical Anthropology 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClarence C. Gravlee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Medical Anthropology and Public Policy 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMerrill Eisenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Contexts and Conditions 117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Culture and the Stress Process 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam W. Dressler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Global Health 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCraig R. Janes and Kitty K. Corbett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Syndemics in Global Health 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMerrill Singer, D. Ann Herring, Judith Littleton, and Melanie Rock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Ecology of Disease and Health 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatricia K. Townsend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Medical Anthropology of Water 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda M. Whiteford and Cecilia Vindrola Padros\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Political Violence, War and Medical Anthropology 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Rylko-Bauer and Merrill Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Health and Behavior 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Humans in a World of Microbes: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease 253\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter J. Brown, George J. Armelagos, and Kenneth C. Maes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Sexuality, Medical Anthropology, and Public Health 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePamela I. Erickson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Situating Birth in the Anthropology of Reproduction 289\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarolyn Sargent and Lauren Gulbas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Nutrition and Health 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid A. Himmelgreen, Nancy Romero Daza and Charlotte A. Noble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Anthropologies of Cancer and Risk, Uncertainty and Disruption 323\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLenore Manderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Generation RX: Anthropological Research on Pharmaceutical Enhancement, Lifestyle Regulation, Self-Medication and Recreational Drug Use 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGilbert Quintero and Mark Nichter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Anthropology and the Study of Illicit Drug Use 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Bryan Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Healthwork: Care, Treatment, and Communication 379\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Ethnomedicine 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarsha B. Quinlan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Medical Pluralism: An Evolving and Contested Concept in Medical Anthropology 405\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans A. 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