Medical anthropology and the world system
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Medical anthropology and the world system
Praeger, 2003
2nd ed
- : pbk
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-424) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Medical anthropology is one of the youngest and most dynamic of anthropology's various subdisciplines. Critical medical anthropology has evolved into one of the major perspectives through which faculty and students study the field. It examines health-related issues in precapitalist indigenous and state societies, capitalist societies, and postrevolutionary of socialist-oriented societies. While critical medical anthropology draws heavily on neo-Marxian, critical, and world systems theoretical perspectives, it attempts to incorporate the theoretical contributions of other systems in medical anthropology, including biocultural or medical ecology, ethnomedical approaches, cultural constructivism, poststructuralism, and postmodernism. This is the first textbook to incorporate this perspective.
The first part of the book is a discussion of the central concepts in, and the development and scope of, medical anthropology, as well as the critical perspective employed. The second part explores health and the environment, as well as the social origins of specific health problems. A third part highlights the diversity of medical systems in different societies, and a fourth part argues for a merger of theory and social action.
Table of Contents
Preface What Is Medical Anthropology About? Medical Anthropology: Central Concepts and Development Theoretical Perspectives in Medical Anthropology The Social Origins of Disease and Suffering Health and the Environment: From Foraging Societies to the Capitalist World System Homelessness in the World System Legal Addictions, Part 1: Demon in a Bottle Legal Addictions, Part 2: Up in Smoke Illicit Drugs: Self-Medicating the Hidden Injuries of Oppression AIDS: A Disease of the Global System Reproduction Medical Systems in Social Context Medical Systems in Indigenous and Precapitalist State Societies Biomedical Hegemony in the Context of Medical Pluralism Toward an Equitable and Healthy Global System The Pursuit of Health as a Human Right: Health Praxis and the Struggle for a Healthy World Bibliography Index
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