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Encyclopedia of
Medical Anthropology
Health and Illness in the World’s Cultures
Volume I: Topics
Volume II: Cultures
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Encyclopedia of
Medical Anthropology
Health and Illness in the World’s Cultures
Volume I: Topics
Volume II: Cultures
Edited by
Carol R. Ember
Human Relations Area Files at Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
and
Melvin Ember
Human Relations Area Files at Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Published in conjunction with the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
New York • Boston • Dordrecht • London • Moscow
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ISBN 0-306-47754-8
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Advisory Board
E ARMELAGOS Emory University
ELOIS ANN BERLIN University of ia
GAY BECKER University of California at San Francisco
PETER J. BROWN Emory University
C. H. BROWNER University of California, Los Angeles
JAMES W. CAREY Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ALEX COHEN Harvard University
WILLIAM W. DRE