On knowing and not knowing in the anthropology of medicine / edited by Roland Littlewood.

Social scientific studies of medicine typically assume that systems of medical knowledge are uniform and consistent. But while anthropologists have long rejected the notion that cultures are discrete, bounded, and rule-drive entities, medical anthropology has been slower to develop alternative appro...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Littlewood, Roland
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2007.
Subjects:	Medical anthropology. Traditional medicine > Cross-cultural studies. Anthropology. Cross-cultural studies. Cross-cultural studies Anthropology Medical anthropology Traditional medicine