Bøger i Studies in Medical Anthropology serien

Explores the historical, psychological, and philosophical implications of dementia. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this book employs a cross-cultural perspective and focuses on questions of age, mind, voice, self, loss, temporality, memory, and affect.

With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, the debate over the existence of a biological basis for race has been revived. This volume examines social, political, and ethical concerns that are attached to how we think about emerging technologies and their impact on conceptions of race and identity.

Concentrates on the account of elder Americans in rural Iowa who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Focusing on the impact of chronic illness on an aging population, this title combines prose with qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate how PD accelerates, mediates, and obscures patterns of aging.

Incorporating investigative journalism, this title examines the contested place of health and development in El Salvador. It recounts the story of radical health activism from its origins in liberation theology and guerrilla medicine during the third-world country's twelve-year civil war, through development of a 'popular health system'.

Details collaborations between guruled devotional movements and public health campaigns to encourage voluntary blood donation in northern India. This book analyzes the operations of several high-profile religious orders that organize large-scale public blood-giving events.

Analyzes the sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. Drawing upon ethnographic research both within and beyond the medical setting, this title shows how ultrasound has entered into public consumer culture in the United States.

Using a community-level approach, this title analyzes the implementation of global health policies and how they become intertwined with social and political inequalities in Senegal. It examines qualitative shifts in health and healing spurred by these reforms, and analyzes the dilemmas they create for health professionals and patients alike.