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Reinventing medical anthropology: Toward a critical realignment

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Responding to the narrow focus, medicalization, and inattention to political-economy within conventional medical anthropology, a growing number of researchers are participating in a significant restructuring of the subdiscipline. The paper examines several shortcomings of contemporary medical anthropology and, building on the work of the emergent critical trend, identifies key areas of theory and practice for furthering the critical realignment of medical anthropology.

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  • Singer, Merrill, 1990. "Reinventing medical anthropology: Toward a critical realignment," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 179-187, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:30:y:1990:i:2:p:179-187
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