Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach

by Andrea S. Wiley and John S. Allen

Book Overview

Medical anthropology encompasses a wide range of perspectives as it seeks to understand human health and illness. An ideal core text for introductory courses, Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach provides a current and accessible overview of this diverse and rapidly expanding field. Working from a Biocultural approach, Medical Anthropology examines the major health issues that affect most human societies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195308832
• ISBN13: 9780195308839
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"