Health Studies: A Critical and Cross-Cultural Reader

Thisvolumebringstogetherkeyreadingsofsignificantmomentsintheunderstandingofhealth.Itgoesbeyondtheoftensuperficialliterature-reviewstyleofmedicalsociologytexts.Indoingso,thisbookpresentsachallengingarrayofclassicandnewmaterialonthesocialbasisofhealth,illnessandhealing.Thereaderincorporatesmanyoftheelementsofthe'new'medicalanthropologyandsociologyofhealthandillness.Eachsectionofthisbookisintroducedwithanessaybytheeditor,providingafreshperspectiveontopicalissuessettingoutthecoreconcernsoftheauthorswhoseworkfollows.Inaddition,thereaderissupportedbyanextensiveguidetofurtherreading.Itprovidesstudentswithanintroductiontothefieldandacriticalinsightintocurrentdebates.