Baer's exciting new book chronicles the transformation of the holistic health movement as it increasingly influences the delivery of health care in America. He describes the battle for legitimacy by alternative therapeutic practitioners, and the increasing interest by the biomedical profession in the possibilities of a complementary and integrative medical system. Baer shows ironically, how the holistic movement may ultimately become more limited as it gains acceptance and is integrated into mainstream medicine.
Baer's exciting new book chronicles the transformation of the holistic health movement as it increasingly influences the delivery of health care in Am...
This book constitutes an effort to develop a critical social science of climate change, one that posits its roots in global capitalism with its emphasis on profit-making, a treadmill of production and consumption, heavy reliance on fossil fuels, and commitment to ongoing economic expansion.
This book constitutes an effort to develop a critical social science of climate change, one that posits its roots in global capitalism with its emphas...
"Medical Anthropology and the World System: Critical Perspectives, Third Edition" includes updated and expanded information on medical anthropology, resulting in an even more comprehensive resource for undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers worldwide.
As in the previous versions of this text, the authors provide insights from the perspective of critical medical anthropology, a well-established theoretical viewpoint from which faculty, researchers, and students study medical anthropology. It addresses the nature and scope of medical anthropology; the biosocial and...
"Medical Anthropology and the World System: Critical Perspectives, Third Edition" includes updated and expanded information on medical anthropology...
Now in its third edition, this textbook serves to frame understandings of health, health-related behavior, and health care in light of social and health inequality as well as structural violence. It also examines how the exercise of power in the health arena and in society overall impacts human health and well-being.
Now in its third edition, this textbook serves to frame understandings of health, health-related behavior, and health care in light of social and heal...
