But are they actually healthier?
A holistic definition of ‘health’ remains difficult to operationalize, despite decades of attempts by medical anthropologists and the World Health Organization to do so. Anthropologists routinely reject dichotomous notions – belief vs. knowledge, wellness vs. health, mental vs. physical, environment...
Main Author: | Kristina Baines |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh Library
2018-12-01
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Series: | Medicine Anthropology Theory |
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Online Access: | http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/4899 |
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