he power of a political-economic perspective is clear at a time when the penetration of world
capitalism has led to widespread environmental degra-dation, disruption of the fabric of …

Theory, of late, has become a topic of intensified interest in medical anthropology Qohnson
and Sargent 1990; McElroy 1990a; Frankenberg 1988a). Not only have medical …

edical anthropology has undergone a metamorphosis in the last 25 years. As health has
become an idiom for talking about all facets of life, topics embraced by medical …

It may be hard to believe, but the discipline of medical anthropology is now nearly 50 years
old. In 1959, one of the first references to" medical anthropology" was made in a article by a …

T he articles in this issue, first presented as papers in the plenary session of the 2000
Society for Medical Anthropology Meeting, powerfully exemplify" The Contributions of …

As Scotch noted back in 1963,“Medical scholars have literally for centuries been aware of
the social dimensions of health and illness and have, in their research, focused on a variety …

Introduction ublication of Singer's rejoinder and the opportunity to respond to it is a welcome
expression of MAQ's manifesto to" stimulate debate on and development of ideas and …

Medical anthropology has long suffered under a cloak of insecurity. 1 Since Scotch's (1963)
review of its literature over twenty years ago, the secret has been out that medical …

This entry sketches the field of medical anthropology, its predecessors and history, and four
prominent theoretical orientations: ecological, semiotic/interpretive, agency focused, and …

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