Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Global Health

<p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Global Health</em> provides an overview of the complex relationship between anthropology and global health. The book brings together a diverse group of scholars who consider the intersection of anthropological concerns with health and disease as understood and intervened upon by the field of global health.</p><p>The book is structured around five sections: (1) social cultural and political determinants of health; (2) knowledge production in anthropology and global health; (3) persistent invisibilities in global health; (4) reimagining a critical global health; and (5) new horizons in anthropology and global health. Over these five themes a range of topics is explored including:</p><ul> <li>rare diseases</li> <li>medical pluralism</li> <li>universal global health protocols</li> <li>HIV</li> <li>health security</li> <li>indigenous communities</li> <li>(non)communicable diseases</li> <li>decolonizing global health</li> </ul><p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Global Health</em> is an essential resource for upper-level students and researchers in anthropology global health sociology international development health studies and politics.</p>