Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2008-05-01
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0816525749
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
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In this lesson-packed book, Mark Nichter, one of the world’s leading medical anthropologists, summarizes what more than a quarter-century of health social science research has contributed to international health and elucidates what social science research can contribute to global health and the study of biopolitics in the future. Nichter focuses on our cultural understanding of infectious and vector-borne diseases, how they are understood locally, and how various populations respond to public health interventions. The book examines the perceptions of three groups whose points of view on illness, health care, and the politics of responsibility often differ and frequently conflict: local populations living in developing countries, public health practitioners working in international health, and health planners/policy makers. The book is written for both health social scientists working in the fields of international health and development and public health practitioners interested in l Download Global Health for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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