On Knowing and Not Knowing in the Anthropology of Medicine

By Roland Littlewood

Book Overview

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,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598742744
• ISBN13: 9781598742749
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"