Knowledge, Power, and Practice
Subtitle: The Anthropology of Medicine and Everyday Life (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)
Contributors: Shirley Lindenbaum (Editor); Margaret Lock (Editor)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 4, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780520077850
Subjects: Medical anthropology; Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology; Medical / Nursing; Social Science; Anthropology - General; General; Social Science / Anthropology / General
First sentence: In the past few decades, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians have proposed the notion that categories of illness and disease are culturally constructed: created by human beings in particular social settings and at particular times.