Unhealthy Health Policy: A Critical Anthropological Examination

Book Overview

This new collection turns a critical anthropological eye on the nature of health policy internationally. The authors reveal that in light of prevailing social inequalities, health policies may intend to protect public health, but in fact they often represent significant structural threats to the health and well being of the poor, ethnic minorities, women, and other subordinate groups. The volume focuses on the 'anthropology of policy, ' which is concerned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759105111
• ISBN13: 9780759105119
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.0"