Summary
A 2010 introductory textbook about Medical Anthropology.
Review
This 2010 textbook presents information about Medical Anthropology. Contents include the psychobiology of health and healing, the placebo effect, the human life-cycle and health, models of diagnosis and treatment, biomedicine, Asian medicine, shamans, integrative medicine, contemporary issues in health and healing, the social context of epidemics, medicines, herbs, and dietary supplements, public policy, and health care delivery systems.