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This book provides a brief, to-the-point book that is grounded in ethnographic research, written expressly for use in medical anthropology courses-that is, structured to highlight concepts and issues typically examined in such classes and to make overt the connections between ethnographic detail and big concepts.
List of contents
1: Background and Context
2: Medical Pluralism
3: Managing and Negotiating Therapy
4: Embodied Health and Illness
5: Power and Health
6: Alphabet Soup: The Effects of HIV/AIDS and ART
7: Conclusion
About the author
Julian M. Murchison is head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. He has taught a wide range of courses, including Health & Illness, Ethnography of East Africa, and Ethnographic Research & Writing. He has conducted ethnographic research in Tanzania for more than fifteen years. He is the author of Ethnography Essentials (2009).
Summary
This book provides a brief, to-the-point book that is grounded in ethnographic research, written expressly for use in medical anthropology courses—that is, structured to highlight concepts and issues typically examined in such classes and to make overt the connections between ethnographic detail and big concepts.
