Health, Risk, and Adversity (Paperback)

Research on health involves evaluating the disparities that are systematically associated with the experience of risk, including genetic and physiological variation, environmental exposure to poor nutrition and disease, and social marginalization. This volume provides a unique perspective - a comparative approach to the analysis of health disparities and human adaptability - and specifically focuses on the pathways that lead to unequal health outcomes. From an explicitly anthropological perspective situated in the practice and theory of biosocial studies, this book combines theoretical rigor with more applied and practice-oriented approaches and critically examines infectious and chronic diseases, reproduction, and nutrition.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies of the Biosocial Society
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	August 2010
Editors:	Catherine Panter-Brick • Agustin Fuentes
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	310
ISBN-13:	978-1-84545-281-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology
LSN:	1-84545-281-X
Barcode:	9781845452810

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