Medical Anthropology at the Intersections

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Medical Anthropology at the Intersections
Author : Marcia C. Inhorn
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Publisher : Duke University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 19 July 2012
ISBN : 9780822352709
Pages : 353 pages
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This work offers productive insight into the field of medical anthropology and its future, as viewed by some of the world's leading medical anthropologists.

Medical Anthropology at the Intersections

This work offers productive insight into the field of medical anthropology and its future, as viewed by some of the world's leading medical anthropologists.

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