Practitioners, practices, and patients
Subtitle: new approaches to medical archaeology and anthropology : proceedings of a conference held at Magdalene College, Cambridge, November 2000
By: edited by Patricia Anne Baker and Gillian Carr
Contributors: Baker, Patricia Anne; Carr, Gillian
Publisher: Oxbow Books; David Brown Book Co. [distributor]
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; Oakville, CT, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Medical anthropology -- Congresses; Material culture -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: Medical archaeologists and anthropologists are both interested in the cultural constructions of disease, healing and medicine, and the papers presented in this volume aim to bridge the disciplinary gap, widen the field of interpretation, and reconsider the cultural complexities of medical ideologies, beliefs and practices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references