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Anthropology and the Artifacts of Medical Practice.

Authors :
SOBO, ELISAJ.
Source :
Reviews in Anthropology; 2005, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p145-156, 12p
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

Reviews several books on anthropology and the artifacts of medical practice. "The Social Lives of Medicines," by Susan Reynolds White, Sjaak Van der Geest, and Anita Hardon; "Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect'," by Daniel Moerman; "Living and Working With the New Medical Technologies: Intersections of Inquiry," edited by Margaret Lock, Allan Young and Alberto Cambrosio.

Subjects

Subjects :
ANTHROPOLOGY

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00938157
Volume :
34
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Reviews in Anthropology
Publication Type :
Review
Accession number :
17385570
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00938150590948612