Medical Anthropology Regional Perspectives

Medical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns surveys medical anthropology by examining the multiplicity of intellectual traditions from which it emerged, taking a closer look at the paths charted by medical anthropologists in Europe and the Americas. An overview of the discipline, written by medical anthropologists of international stature. Includes case studies from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Also provides thematic perspectives, considering gender and politics in relation to medical anthropology.

Francine Saillant is Professor of Anthropology at the Université Laval and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Anthropologie et Sociétés.She has conducted research on ethnomedicine, alternative medicine, midwifery, and women’s knowledge of the body. She is now conducting research work on humanitarian action and human rights. Her books include Transformations sociales, genre et santé (with Manon Boulianne, 2003), Identités, vulnérabilités, communautés (with Michèle Clément, 2004), Communautés et socialités (with Éric Gagnon, 2005), and De la responsabilité: Éthique et politique (with Éric Gagnon, 2006).

Serge Genest is Professor of Anthropology at the Université Laval. He has conducted research on medical systems in Central and West Africa, in South-East Asia, and in Quebec. He has explored traditional systems of medicine in Africa, the encounter between local medicines and biomedicine, and AIDS. His current work deals with international development and health, as well as the connections between environment and health.

Notes on Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Francine Saillant and Serge Genest
Perspectives from the Americas
Canada
Bioscience and Biotechnology Under Ethnographic Surveillance
Where Do Canadian Medical Anthropologists Stand?
The Anthropology of Health in Qu ebec
Toward a Blending of Approaches and Methods
The United States
Medical Anthropology in the United States
Brazil
Much More than Medical Anthropology
The Healthy Body and Brazilian Identity
Mexico
Medical Anthropology in Mexico
Recent Trends in Research and Education
Perspectives from Europe
France
Medical Anthropology in France
A Healthy Discipline
Spain
Topographies, Folklore, and Medical Anthropolgy in Spain
Italy
Suffering, Politics, Nation
A Cartography of Italian Medical Anthropology
Germany
Medical Anthropology(ies) in Germany
The Netherlands
A Cultural Fascination with Medicine
Medical Anthropology in the Netherlands
The United Kingdom
British Medical Anthropology
Past, Present and Future
Switzerland
Anthropology between Medicine and Society
Swiss Health Interfaces
Cross-cutting and Thematic Perspectives
Gender
Engendering Medical Anthropology
Politics
The Politics of Life
Beyond the Anthropology of Health
Conclusion
Medical Anthropology
Intimations for the Future
Index
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