Medical anthropology books

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Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural America

Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural...

Author: Thurka Sangaramoorthy
ISBN: 9781469674179
Format: Paperback
$39.60

An insightful work on rural health in the United States that examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America...  Read More >>

Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural America

Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural...

Author: Thurka Sangaramoorthy
ISBN: 9781469674162
Format: Hardback
$168.30

An insightful work on rural health in the United States that examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America...  Read More >>

Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway: The Pharmaceutical Other

Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway: The Pharmaceutical...

Author: Aleksandra Bartoszko
ISBN: 9780367655556
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Focusing on the world of Norwegian opioid substitution treatment (OST) in the aftermath of significant reforms,...  Read More >>

Suicide Social Dramas: Life-Giving Moral Breakdowns in the Israeli Public Sphere

Suicide Social Dramas: Life-Giving Moral Breakdowns...

Author: Haim Hazan (Tel Aviv University, Israel) ,  Raquel Romberg (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
ISBN: 9780367568719
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Through an ethnohistorical chronicling of the emotionally-laden treatment of selected suicide media-events, this...  Read More >>

A Realist Account of Stress, PTSD, and Resilience: Lessons from the United States Marine Corps

A Realist Account of Stress, PTSD, and Resilience: Lessons...

Author: Frank Tortorello
ISBN: 9781032066950
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book rejects traditional, dominant—typically reductive and anti-realist—explanations of stress, PTSD, and resilience....  Read More >>

Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places

Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and...

Author: Susanne MacGregor ,  Betsy Thom
ISBN: 9781032570280
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This interdisciplinary collection examines the role that alcohol, tobacco and other drugs have played in framing...  Read More >>

The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health: Anthropological Perspectives

The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health: Anthropological...

Author: Italo Pardo ,  Giuliana B. Prato
ISBN: 9783031255915
Format: Hardback
$422.37

In this book, this sine qua non runs across the in-depth examination of the ways in which healthcare and public...  Read More >>

Addiction and the Brain: Knowledge, Beliefs and Ethical Considerations from a Social Perspective

Addiction and the Brain: Knowledge, Beliefs and Ethical...

Author: Matilda Hellman ,  Michael Egerer
ISBN: 9789811909481
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book investigates the neuroscientific knowledge on addiction as an epistemic project.  Read More >>

From the Pandemic to Utopia: The Future Begins Now

From the Pandemic to Utopia: The Future Begins Now

Author: Boaventura de Sousa Santos
ISBN: 9781032355597
Format: Hardback
$263.00

The pandemic has brought to the surface human fragilities that contradict the euphoria of the fourth industrial...  Read More >>

Preventing Dementia?: Critical Perspectives on a New Paradigm of Preparing for Old Age

Preventing Dementia?: Critical Perspectives on a New...

Author: Annette Leibing ,  Silke Schicktanz
ISBN: 9781800739376
Format: Paperback
$41.27

The conceptualization of dementia has changed dramatically in recent years with the claim that, through early detection...  Read More >>

Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance: Highly Skilled Migrants in the U.S.

Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance:...

Author: Nina Zeldes
ISBN: 9781800083653
Format: Paperback
$51.75

Based on fieldwork in Washington D.C, Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance analyses the use...  Read More >>

Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance: Highly Skilled Migrants in the U.S.

Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance:...

Author: Nina Zeldes
ISBN: 9781800083660
Format: Hardback
$103.50

Based on fieldwork in Washington D.C, Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance analyses the use...  Read More >>

Coping Rituals in Fearful Times: An Unexplored Resource for Healing Trauma

Coping Rituals in Fearful Times: An Unexplored Resource...

Author: Jeltje Gordon-Lennox
ISBN: 9783030815363
Format: Paperback
$310.47

This collection of articles reveals ritual to be a unique and powerful asset in healing trauma and broken relationships. Each...  Read More >>

Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America’s mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice...

Author: Dr Alexa Hagerty
ISBN: 9781472295781
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A forensic anthropologist from the University of Cambridge travels to Latin America to excavate the mass graves...  Read More >>

Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America’s mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice...

Author: Dr Alexa Hagerty
ISBN: 9781472295774
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A forensic anthropologist from the University of Cambridge travels to Latin America to excavate the mass graves...  Read More >>

Anthropological Perspectives on Aging

Anthropological Perspectives on Aging

Author: Britteny M. Howell ,  Ryan P. Harrod
ISBN: 9780813068909
Format: Paperback
$92.40

An in-depth and wide-ranging approach to the study of older adults in society. Taking a holistic approach to the...  Read More >>

Anthropological Perspectives on Aging

Anthropological Perspectives on Aging

Author: Britteny M. Howell ,  Ryan P. Harrod
ISBN: 9780813069593
Format: Hardback
$237.60

An in-depth and wide-ranging approach to the study of older adults in society. Taking a holistic approach to the...  Read More >>

Caring on the Frontline during COVID-19: Contributions from Rapid Qualitative Research

Caring on the Frontline during COVID-19: Contributions...

Author: Cecilia Vindrola-Padros ,  Ginger A. Johnson
ISBN: 9789811664885
Format: Paperback
$310.47

This book examines the experiences of global healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It shines a light...  Read More >>

A Mental Ethnography: Conclusions from Research in LSD

A Mental Ethnography: Conclusions from Research in LSD...

Author: Niccolo Caldararo
ISBN: 9783031137440
Format: Hardback
$336.35

There has recently been a renewed interest in both casual use of psychedelics as well as experimental use and attempts...  Read More >>

Ethnomedicine and Tribal Healing Practices in India: Challenges and Possibilities of Recognition and Integration

Ethnomedicine and Tribal Healing Practices in India:...

Author: Sunita Reddy ,  Nemthianngai Guite
ISBN: 9789811942853
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book examines various aspects of ethnomedicine and tribal healing practices, including its importance for inclusion...  Read More >>

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