Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective

by Patricia K. Townsend, Ann McElroy, Ann McElroy and Patricia K. Townsend, et al.

Book Overview

Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In this premier teaching text, authors Ann McElroy and Patricia K. Townsend integrate biocultural, environmental, and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health, providing a complete and authoritative ecological perspective that is essential for interpreting medical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813348870
• ISBN13: 9780813348872
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"