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