Critical Medical Anthropology (Critical Approaches in the Health Social Sciences Series)

ISBN: 0895031248

Author: Singer, Merrill

Condition: New

The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction and overview to the critical perspective as it has evolved in medical anthropology over the last ten years. Standing as an opposition approach to conventional medical anthropology, critical medical anthropology has emphasized the importance of political and economy forces, including the exercise of power, in shaping health, disease, illness experience, and health care.