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Health, Risk, and Adversity

Health, Risk, and Adversity - Studies of the Biosocial Society

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781845454555
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.1
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 293
Weight: 550g
Height: 234mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 25mm