Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach, Paperback/Andrea S. Wiley

Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach , Fourth Edition, offers an accessible and contemporary overview of this rapidly expanding field. For each health issue examined in the text, the authors first present basic biological information and then expand their analysis to include evolutionary, historical, and cross-cultural perspectives on how these issues emerged and are understood. Medical Anthropology considers how a biocultural approach can be applied to more effective prevention and treatment efforts and underscores medical anthropology's potential to improve health around the world. Andrea S. Wiley is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington. John S. Allen is Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington. Book specifications: Dimensions: 234 x 190 Author: Andrea S. Wiley Cover type: Paperback Publishing Year: 2020 Publishing Month: 10 Pages: 496 Language: English Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Weight: 771 g