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" An anthropology of biomedicine / "
by Margaret Lock, McGill University, Vinh-Kim Nguyen, University of Montreal.
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839971
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Lock, Margaret M.
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| Title & Author
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An anthropology of biomedicine /\ by Margaret Lock, McGill University, Vinh-Kim Nguyen, University of Montreal.
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition.
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Hoboken, New Jersey :: Wiley Blackwell,, 2018.
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1 online resource
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1119069149
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1119069130
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9781119069133
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"Edition History: Margaret Lock and Vinh-Kim Nguyen (1e, 2010) published by Blackwell Ltd."--Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology of Biomedicine, authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics. Drawing on historical and ethnographic work, the book critiques the assumption made by the biological sciences of a universal human body that can be uniformly standardized. It focuses on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies brings about radical changes to societies at large based on socioeconomic inequalities and ethical disputes, and develops and integrates the theory that the human body in health and illness is not an ontological given but a moveable, malleable entity.
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This highly-regarded and award-winning textbook (Winner of the 2010 Prose Award for Archaeology and Anthropology) retains the character and features of the previous edition. Its coverage remains broad, including discussion of: biomedical technologies in practice; anthropologies of medicine; biology and human experiments; infertility and assisted reproduction; genomics, epigenomics, and uncertain futures; and molecularizing racial difference, ensuring it remains the essential text for students of anthropology, medical anthropology as well as public and global health. --Book Jacket.
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This second edition includes new chapters on: microbiology and the microbiome; global health; and, the self as a socio-technical system. In addition, all chapters have been comprehensively revised to take account of developments from within this fast-paced field, in the intervening years between publications. References and figures have also been updated throughout.
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Human body-- Social aspects.
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Medical anthropology.
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Public health-- Anthropological aspects.
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Human body-- Social aspects.
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Medical anthropology.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Public health-- Anthropological aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/61
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GN296
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Nguyen, Vinh-Kim
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