In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology of Biomedicine, authors
Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the …

Now in its third edition, this textbook serves to frame understandings of health, health-related
behavior, and health care in light of social and health inequality as well as structural …

In this important collection, prominent scholars who helped to establish medical
anthropology as an area of study reflect on the field's past, present, and future. In doing so …

A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities brings
together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as …

The editors of the third edition of the seminal textbook Understanding and Applying Medical
Anthropology bring it completely up to date for both instructors and students. The collection …

Now in its fourth edition, Exploring Medical Anthropology provides a concise and engaging
introduction to medical anthropology. It presents competing theoretical perspectives in a …

Today's era of globalization is characterized by intensified interspecies encounters, growing
ecological concerns and the (re-) emergence of infectious diseases, manifesting themselves …

The third edition of Introducing Medical Anthropology: A Discipline in Action, provides
students with a first exposure to the growing field of medical and health anthropology. The …

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 …

Biological anthropology can, and should, matter in the Anthropocene. Biological
anthropologists are interested in human biology and the human experience in a broader …