Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach - Softcover

Wiley, Andrea S.; Allen, John S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190464496 ISBN 13: 9780190464493

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach, Third 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 this title

About the Author

Andrea S. Wiley is Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington.

John S. Allen is Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington.

Review

"There are literally dozens of competing books, but this is the best one. I'd use it forever!"--Connie Anderson, Hartwick College

"This book is the best. The specific examples in the text and the gray boxes are great; they really help put the concepts in perspective."--Amanda Christopher, Red Rocks Community College

"The authors clearly show that while biological processes influence health and disease, the meaning, treatment, and interpretation of these phenomena are distinctly cultural. The adoption of a biocultural approach provides students with a strong comprehension of the interplay between biology, environment, and culture in shaping human health determinants and responses."--Carly Dokis, Nipissing University

"The pedagogical approach is excellent. It combines a presentation of human health from biological and biomedical perspectives with discussion of the influences of history and the physical and sociocultural environment on patterns of health in diverse populations."--Tracey Galloway, University of Manitoba

"The authors do an excellent job of presenting and integrating biocultural anthropological approaches, biomedicine, and biology. I like how they highlight the political-economic contexts of health, which gives the book a secondary vibe of critical medical anthropology."--Charles Klein, Portland State University

"The book's attention to the state of biomedical knowledge about health complexes is unique and very effective, especially with the use of profile boxes of active anthropologists who have worked on specific questions related to content areas."--J. Bryan Page, University of Miami

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0190464496
• ISBN 13: 9780190464493
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 512