Medical Anthropology and African American Health

by Eric J. Bailey

Book Overview

The field of medical anthropology is a discipline that incorporates the perspective of a wide range of approaches--from anthropologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, physicians, nurses, public health administrators, biologists, and many others, including the general public, to health care. This approach places culture and cultural relativism at the forefront and center of every model, and examines the ethics and fairness of health care issues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897899024
• ISBN13: 9780897899024
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"