ANTH 312: Medical Anthropology (with Dr. Cissy Fowler)

"Medical practitioners and ordinary citizens are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is 'culture bound' in our own medical belief and practice. The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. More than 100 experts--anthropologists and other social scientists--have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world"--Publisher's description.

"Provides an overview of the complex relationship between anthropology and global health. The book brings together a diverse group of scholars who consider the intersection of anthropological concerns with health and disease as understood and intervened upon by the field of global health. The book is structured around five sections: 1) social, cultural and political determinants of health; 2) knowledge production in anthropology and global health; 3) persistent invisibilities in global health; 4) reimagining a critical global health; and 5) new horizons in anthropology and global health. Over these five themes a range of topics is explored including: rare diseases, medical pluralism, universal global health protocols, HIV, health security, indigenous communities, (non)communicable diseases, decolonizing global health"--Publisher's description.