Publisher's Synopsis
A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today.
- Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s
- Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology
- Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics
