In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology of Biomedicine, authors
Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the …

Now in its fourth edition, Exploring Medical Anthropology provides a concise and engaging
introduction to medical anthropology. It presents competing theoretical perspectives in a …

Treatment units were created all across the country with a mission to save lives when the
Ebola outbreak hit Guinea in 2014. These units were exceptional sites of biomedical and …

This review offers new perspectives on the anthropology of injuries and wounds. It maps
how theories, methods, and ethnographic sensibilities converge on wounds, on the act of …

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THETRAFFICOFTRAUMA HARRISSOLOMON duke university press durham and london …

Background Access to kidney transplantation is limited to more than half of the Mexican
population. A fragmented health system, gender, and sociocultural factors are barriers to …

Chronic Failures: Kidneys, Regimes of Care and the Mexican State is about Chronic Kidney
Disease (CKD) and the relentless search for renal care lived out in the context of poverty …

In the absence of malignancy or other severe comorbidity, kidney transplantation offers
better survival rates and quality of life than dialysis. Despite this survival advantage, many …

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was legalized in Canada in 2016. While it has
generated significant academic interest, the experiences of healthcare workers other than …

Abstract Thousands of Central American women have been displaced from their countries of
origin by violence. While the violence committed against them is often portrayed as isolated …