ABSTRACT

The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction and overview to the critical perspective as it has evolved in medical anthropology over the last ten years. Standing as an opposition approach to conventional medical anthropology, critical medical anthropology has emphasized the importance of political and economy forces, including the exercise of power, in shaping health, disease, illness experience, and health care.

section Section A|131 pages

Orientation

chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|48 pages

Medical Anthropology and its Transformation

chapter Chapter 2|54 pages

The Critical Gaze

chapter Chapter 3|19 pages

Postmodernism Medical Anthropology: A Critique

section Section B|46 pages

The Macro-Social Level

section Section C|72 pages

The Intermediate-Social Level

section Section E|50 pages

The Individual Level

section Section F|44 pages

Directions

chapter Chapter 13|20 pages

How Critical Can Clinical Anthropology Be?

chapter Chapter 14|22 pages

Critical Praxis in Medical Anthropology