Medical anthropology books

This interdisciplinary collection examines social inequalities and polarisation in Britain throughout the dual crises...  Read More >>

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This book examines sex worker health and the concept of care among sex workers in Rhode Island using mixed methods...  Read More >>

Anthropology of Reproduction: The Basics is a clear and accessible guide to topics in reproduction from the perspective...  Read More >>

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This book explores new methods and perspectives in the anthropology of outer space. For the past ten years, scholarship...  Read More >>

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This ground breaking book draws on original research to critically examine the construction of eating disorders...  Read More >>

This book is a unique study of the historical, theoretical, and cultural interpretations of ‘madness’ including...  Read More >>

Sense and Nonsense, third edition, provides an introduction to the ideas, methods and findings of evolutionary theory....  Read More >>

Building on insights from those engaged with a range of humanitarian crises and global-justice contexts, this volume...  Read More >>

This book uses the notion of ‘discretionary medicine’ to explore the landscape of contemporary healthcare in Pakistan....  Read More >>

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This book critically examines the CrossFit phenomenon and makes the argument that CrossFit uses the rhetoric and...  Read More >>

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First published in 1992, Quality and Regulation in Health Care employs socio-legal ideas concerning regulation to...  Read More >>

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This book discusses the meaning of smell from a socio-cultural perspective and brings important considerations of...  Read More >>

Folk Devils and Moral Panics in the COVID-19 Pandemic analyses the phenomena of moral panics surrounding so-called...  Read More >>

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