Medical anthropology books

This collection of articles reveals ritual to be a unique and powerful asset in healing trauma and broken relationships. Each...  Read More >>

This book offers a novel examination of the relations, actions, and practices of healthcare workers, analysed in...  Read More >>

This book examines the experiences of global healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It shines a light...  Read More >>

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An in-depth and wide-ranging approach to the study of older adults in society. Taking a holistic approach to the...  Read More >>

There has recently been a renewed interest in both casual use of psychedelics as well as experimental use and attempts...  Read More >>

An in-depth and wide-ranging approach to the study of older adults in society. Taking a holistic approach to the...  Read More >>

This book examines various aspects of ethnomedicine and tribal healing practices, including its importance for inclusion...  Read More >>

While many xenotransplantation practices resonate with a security approach that renders uncertainty an inherent...  Read More >>

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This book focuses on developing the use of ethnographic research for rehabilitation practitioners by recognizing...  Read More >>

Through a close look at lives and care, Making Uncertaint shows how patterns of substance use, tuberculosis disease,...  Read More >>

Through a close look at lives and care, Making Uncertaint shows how patterns of substance use, tuberculosis disease,...  Read More >>

Moral Figures examines entanglements of quantified population indicators, medical birthing practices, and Indigenous...  Read More >>

Opens a window onto the lives of Palestinians, exploring specifically the experience of giving birth. Drawing upon...  Read More >>

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This volume, written in a readable and enticing style, is based on a simple premise, which was to have several exceptional...  Read More >>

Opens a window onto the lives of Palestinians, exploring specifically the experience of giving birth. Drawing upon...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary and cross-cutting volume serves as a vital resource for experts at universities, in international...  Read More >>

An entertaining, eye-opening work of popular history that illuminates how death has changed across time  Read More >>

An ethnographic examination of the effects of structural inequalities on cancer treatment around the world. Taking...  Read More >>

An ethnographic examination of the effects of structural inequalities on cancer treatment around the world. Taking...  Read More >>

This book explores Ireland's Marriage Bar, examining its impact on women's lives and the predominantly feminised...  Read More >>

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This book provides a definitive account of koro, a topic of long-standing interest in the field of cultural psychiatry...  Read More >>