Social Lives of Medicines (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 24, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780521804691
Subjects: Cultural studies; Medicine: General Issues; Social & cultural anthropology; Sociology - General; Medical; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Social aspects; Medical anthropology; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; General; Pharmacology; Materia medica
First sentence: 'Materia media' is the Latin term for medical material, the remedial substances usually called medicines or drugs.