Medical anthropology books

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Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology: Bonified Skeletons

Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology: Bonified Skeletons...

Author: Heather M. Garvin ,  Natalie R. Langley
ISBN: 9781138347656
Format: Hardback
$183.00

Through a set of unique cases presented by a diverse international group of practicing forensic anthropologists,...  Read More >>

Privileges of Birth: Constellations of Care, Myth, and Race in South Africa

Privileges of Birth: Constellations of Care, Myth, and...

Author: Jennifer J. M. Rogerson
ISBN: 9781789204353
Format: Hardback
$256.16

Focussing ethnographically on private sector maternity care in South Africa, Privileges of birth attends to the...  Read More >>

Access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Case of France and Belgium

Access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Case...

Author: Jennifer Merchant ,  Irene Thery
ISBN: 9781789204315
Format: Hardback
$284.63

The contributors of this volume are social scientists from France, Belgium, England and the United States and represent...  Read More >>

Work and Welfare in the New Russia

Work and Welfare in the New Russia

Author: Nick Manning ,  Ovsey Shkaratan
ISBN: 9781138729117
Format: Paperback
$67.99

This title was first published in 2000. Based on an EU and ODA-funded project, this book examines contemporary unemployment...  Read More >>

Human-Canine Collaboration in Care: Doing Diabetes

Human-Canine Collaboration in Care: Doing Diabetes

Author: Fenella Eason (University of Exeter, UK)
ISBN: 9780367227777
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines the use of canine scent detection to alert humans to symptoms of human chronic illness, specifically...  Read More >>

Critical Ethnographic Perspectives on Medical Travel

Critical Ethnographic Perspectives on Medical Travel...

Author: Cecilia Vindrola Padros
ISBN: 9780367371593
Format: Paperback
$83.99

By taking an ethnographic approach to medical travel, this important book uses critical perspectives to understand...  Read More >>

Life in Pain: Affective Economy and the Demand for Pain Relief

Life in Pain: Affective Economy and the Demand for Pain...

Author: John L. Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9789811056390
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book explores pain in a number of ways. Pain is one such life area that is now ripe for exploitation. Although...  Read More >>

Critical Ethnographic Perspectives on Medical Travel

Critical Ethnographic Perspectives on Medical Travel...

Author: Cecilia Vindrola Padros
ISBN: 9780815385257
Format: Hardback
$284.00

By taking an ethnographic approach to medical travel, this important book uses critical perspectives to understand...  Read More >>

Anthropology of Nursing: Exploring Cultural Concepts in Practice

Anthropology of Nursing: Exploring Cultural Concepts...

Author: Karen Holland (University of Salford, Manchester, UK)
ISBN: 9781138912809
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This book aims to introduce nurses and other healthcare professionals to how anthropology can help them understand...  Read More >>

Understanding Tuberculosis and its Control: Anthropological and Ethnographic Approaches

Understanding Tuberculosis and its Control: Anthropological...

Author: Helen Macdonald ,  Ian Harper
ISBN: 9781138314283
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Drawing on ethnographic case studies the volume considers the relationship between global and national policies...  Read More >>

Anthropology of Nursing: Exploring Cultural Concepts in Practice

Anthropology of Nursing: Exploring Cultural Concepts...

Author: Karen Holland (University of Salford, Manchester, UK)
ISBN: 9781138912793
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book aims to introduce nurses and other healthcare professionals to how anthropology can help them understand...  Read More >>

Understanding Tuberculosis and its Control: Anthropological and Ethnographic Approaches

Understanding Tuberculosis and its Control: Anthropological...

Author: Helen Macdonald ,  Ian Harper
ISBN: 9781138314276
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Drawing on ethnographic case studies the volume considers the relationship between global and national policies...  Read More >>

Circulation and Governance of Asian Medicine

Circulation and Governance of Asian Medicine

Author: Céline Coderey ,  Laurent Pordié
ISBN: 9780367225346
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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Desire in the Age of Robots and AI: An Investigation in Science Fiction and Fact

Desire in the Age of Robots and AI: An Investigation...

Author: Rebecca Gibson
ISBN: 9783030240165
Format: Hardback
$142.29

This book examines how science fiction’s portrayal of humanity’s desire for robotic companions influences and reflects...  Read More >>

The Anthropology of the Fetus: Biology, Culture, and Society

The Anthropology of the Fetus: Biology, Culture, and...

Author: Sallie Han ,  Tracy K. Betsinger
ISBN: 9781789205015
Format: Paperback
$72.32

As a biological, cultural, and social entity, the human fetus is a multifaceted subject which calls for equally...  Read More >>

A Portrait of Assisted Reproduction in Mexico: Scientific, Political, and Cultural Interactions

A Portrait of Assisted Reproduction in Mexico: Scientific,...

Author: Sandra P. González-Santos
ISBN: 9783030230401
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This book paints a comprehensive portrait of Mexico’s system of assisted reproduction first from a historical perspective,...  Read More >>

Descending with Angels: Islamic Exorcism and Psychiatry: a Film Monograph

Descending with Angels: Islamic Exorcism and Psychiatry:...

Author: Christian Suhr
ISBN: 9781526140319
Format: Hardback
$183.99

This book and award-winning film provide a unique account of the invisible dynamics of possession and psychosis,...  Read More >>

Fierce Medicines, Fragile Socialities: Grounding Global HIV Treatment in Tanzania

Fierce Medicines, Fragile Socialities: Grounding Global...

Author: Dominik Mattes
ISBN: 9781789203219
Format: Hardback
$256.16

Dominik Mattes examines the implementation of antiretroviral HIV-treatment (ART) in Tanzania, exploring the manifold...  Read More >>

Attachment and Human Survival

Attachment and Human Survival

Author: Marci Green ,  Marc Scholes
ISBN: 9780367323042
Format: Hardback
$273.00

A diverse collection of papers that explores the key principles and applications of Attachment theory and considers...  Read More >>

Socio-economics of Personalized Medicine in Asia

Socio-economics of Personalized Medicine in Asia

Author: Shirley Sun
ISBN: 9780367354428
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The second decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed a surging interest in personalized medicine with the...  Read More >>

Descending with Angels: Islamic Exorcism and Psychiatry: a Film Monograph

Descending with Angels: Islamic Exorcism and Psychiatry:...

Author: Christian Suhr
ISBN: 9781526145918
Format: Paperback
$56.99

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Indigenous Ancestors and Healing Landscapes: Cultural Memory and Intercultural Communication in the Dominican Republic and Cuba

Indigenous Ancestors and Healing Landscapes: Cultural...

Author: Dr. Jana Pesoutova
ISBN: 9789088907647
Format: Paperback
$142.31

This study focuses on current healing practices from a cultural memory perspective.  Read More >>

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