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The social fabric of health : an introduction to medical anthropology / John M. Janzen.
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View onlinePenn Museum Library GN296 .J36 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Janzen, John M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical anthropology.
- Medische antropologie.
- Local Subjects:
- Medische antropologie.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : McGraw Hill, [2002]
- Contents:
- 1. Introducing Medical Anthropology
- 2. The Origins and Theories of Medical Anthropology
- 3. The Fabric of Health
- 4. Population and Disease, the Changing Indicators of Health
- 5. The Life Course: Birthing, Living, Dying
- 6. Personhood, Liminality, and Identity
- 7. The Transforming Signs of Sickness and Healing
- 8. Medical Knowledge
- 9. Power and Organization in Medicine
- 10. Shaping the Fabric of Health.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Janzen, John M. Social fabric of health.
- ISBN:
- 0070328315
- 9780070328310
- OCLC:
- 48473139
- Online:
- Publisher description
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