A significant update of the 1990 classic state-of-the-art handbook on medical anthropology. With new chapters on AIDS, psychology and emotion, nutrition, and bioethics, the text reflects the changes in medical anthropological theory and practice since the late 1980s. Chapters from the first edition are revised to reflect current trends and to include recent references. This work demonstrates the creative expansion and diversity in the field, amidst efforts to explore the individual sickness experience in the context of local cultures and global political and economic dynamics.

Reflects changes in the medical field since the late 1980s with additions on AIDS, psychopathology, emotion, nutrition, and suffering.

About the Author
CAROLYN F. SARGENT is Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. THOMAS M. JOHNSON is Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Alabama Medical School.


Book Information
ISBN 9780275952655
Author T. M. Johnson
Format Paperback
Page Count 580
Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Weight(grams) 794g