Disease and social behavior : an interdisciplinary perspective

✍ Scribed by Fabrega, Horacio, Jr., 1934-

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

"Concerned with the interface between medicine and social sciences, Fabrega addresses himself to the problems of conceptualizing diseases and our responses to it. In doing so, he provides a comprehensive survey and critique of previous approaches to the problems.... While of use to advanced undergraduates or medical students, its sophisticated theoretical analysis, its 28-page bibliography, and its comprehensive indexing should make it most valuable to graduate students and experts in the field."-- Choice"Of great interest to all health professionals who participate in providing medical care to the ill . . . also of interest to anthropologists and sociologists interested in health problems and how they are managed and interpreted."-- AAAS Science Books & Films

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