As complex institutions extend into and govern greater spheres of social life, ethnographers
contend with policy in an ever-widening range of fieldsites. This review examines …

García Márquez's novel,“Chronicle of a Death Foretold”, narrates the multiple strands of a
story leading up to a murder in a small Caribbean village. The novel shows both the …

How Is Colonialism a Sociostructural Determinant of Health in Puerto Rico? | Journal of Ethics |
American Medical Association Skip to main content AMA Journal of Ethics ® Illuminating the Art …

In this introduction, and indeed this special section, we explore care as a morally ambiguous
and relationally unstable set of practices. By exploring care over longer temporal frames and …

Hurricane Maria (2017) caused great damage to Puerto Rico, undermining people's quality
of life and forcing thousands to migrate to the US mainland. Identifying individuals at …

Although health care is a treaty-guaranteed right for members of federally recognized tribes,
decades of research describe persistent disparities in health and access to health services …

How are spiritual power and self-transformation cultivated in street ministries? In Addicted to
Christ, Helena Hansen provides an in-depth analysis of Pentecostal ministries in Puerto …

When Rebecca Lester was eleven years old—and again when she was eighteen—she
almost died from anorexia nervosa. Now both a tenured professor in anthropology and a …

There is increasing international consensus that countries need to reduce health system
fragmentation in order to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). Yet there is little …

This article introduces a special issue of Medical Anthropology Quarterly on health
insurance and health reform. We begin by reviewing anthropological contributions to the …