(Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology) 1st Edition
by Merrill Singer (Editor)
A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health presents a collection of readings that utilize a medical anthropological approach to explore the interface of humans and the environment in the shaping of health and illness around the world.
- Features
the latest ethnographic research from around the world related to the
multiple impacts of the environment on health and of societies on their
environments
- Includes contributions from international medical
anthropologists, conservationists, environmental experts, public health
professionals, health clinicians, and other social scientists
- Analyzes
the conditions of cultural and social transformation that accompany
environmental and ecological impacts in all areas of the world
- Offers
critical perspectives on theoretical and methodological advancements in
the anthropology of environmental health, along with future directions
in the field
