Anthropological approaches to medical humanitarianism

Despite broadly shared interest in the welfare of ‘precarious lives’, medical anthropology and medical humanitarianism are too often in tension. In this survey, we sketch a history of the two disciplines, then track three major patterns through which anthropologists approach the analysis of medical...

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Main Authors: Isabel Beshar, Darryl Stellmach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2017-12-01
Series:Medicine Anthropology Theory
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Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/4801