What does it mean to be “healthy”? It may seem odd to ask the question, but health is not a
universal concept and each culture values different aspects of well-being. At the most basic …

As an applied social science, medical anthropology not only examines specific health issues
in biosocial context but also seeks to build a broad, theoretically based understanding of …

Human health and well being is biocultural. Thus, it might be expected that biocultural
perspectives on health, ones that consider the many imbrications, linkages, and …

Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to
understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health …

Medical anthropology has developed distinct and separate biological and cultural
approaches to the study of health and disease in human populations. Within cultural …

BACKGROUND Since its inception, medical anthropology has had an applied orientation;
much of the work done by medical anthropologists is concerned with understanding and …

Biocultural perspectives have a long history in medical anthropology as a means to advance
our understanding of variation in health and disease across human populations. They are …

Now in its third edition, this textbook serves to frame understandings of health, health-related
behavior, and health care in light of social and health inequality as well as structural …

The Anthropology of Health and Healing provides the first holistic approach to the study of
medical anthropology. Over the past two decades, medical anthropology has been the most …

This book explores the sociocultural basis of medicine and health in Western societies. In
pursuing this objective, it is worth noting that the author draws upon scholarship from a …