Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach, Fourth Edition, offers an accessible and contemporary overview of this rapidly expanding field. For each health issue examined in the text, the authors first present basic biological information and then expand their analysis to include evolutionary, historical, and cross-cultural perspectives on how these issues emerged and are understood. Medical Anthropology considers how a biocultural approach can be applied to more effective prevention and treatment efforts and underscores medical anthropology's potential to improve health around the world.

About the Author
Andrea S. Wiley is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington. John S. Allen is Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Reviews
"Medical Anthropology is the most integrated biocultural text I have found. It provides essential background for students from diverse disciplines and offers an excellent balance of cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, and relevant health issues."--Melissa Melby, University of Delaware "This is an excellent introduction to medical anthropology. It is well-balanced, accessible, and provides accurate lessons for students as they upend many of their assumptions about culture and its importance in this kind of material."--Roberta Fiske Rusciano, Rider University "Medical Anthropology takes a true holistic anthropological approach to the study of health and disease, and provides numerous concrete illustrations of case studies from around the world."--Lianne Tripp, University of Northern British Columbia



Book Information
ISBN 9780197515990
Author Andrea S. Wiley
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc