Medical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns surveys medical anthropology by examining the multiplicity of intellectual traditions from which it emerged, taking a closer look at the paths charted by medical anthropologists in Europe and the Americas.
- An overview of the discipline, written by medical anthropologists of international stature.
- Includes case studies from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
- Also provides thematic perspectives, considering gender and politics in relation to medical anthropology.
Notes on Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction (Francine Saillant and Serge Genest).
Part I: Perspectives from the Americas.
1. Canada. .
Section 1: Bioscience and Biotechnology Under Ethnographic Surveillance: Where Do Canadian Medical Anthropologists Stand (Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal), Janice E. Graham (Université de Montréal), and Usher Fleishing (University of Calgary).
Section 2: The Anthropology of Health in Québec: Toward a Blending of Approaches and Methods (Raymond Massé (Université Laval).
2. The United States. .
Medical Anthropology in the United States (Arachu Castro (Harvard University) and Paul Farmer (Harvard University).
3. Brazil. .
Much More than Medical Anthropology: The Healthy Body and Brazilian Identity (Annette Leibing (Université de MlSD
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