Social scientific studies of medicine typically assume that systems of medical knowledge are uniform and consistent. But while anthropologists have long rejected the notion that cultures are discrete, bounded, and rule-drive entities, medical anthropology has been slower to deve…
This collection of 12 essays examines the ways a variety of cultures locate boundaries of medical knowledge, understand conflicts and changes, and create cultures of health.
This collection of 12 essays examines the ways a variety of cultures locate boundaries of medical knowledge, understand conflicts and changes, and create cultures of health.
Social scientific studies of medicine typically assume that systems of medical knowledge are uniform and consistent. But while anthropologists have long rejected the notion that cultures are discrete, bounded, and rule-drive entities, medical anthropology has been slower to deve…