A critical examination of the field and study of medical anthropology in the world system.

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 inequal

Critical Medical Anthropology presents inspiring work from scholars doing and engaging with ethnographic research in or from Latin America, addressing themes th

Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we

This revised textbook provides students with a first exposure to the growing field of medical anthropology. The narrative is guided by unifying themes. First, m