Medical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns surveys medical anthropology by examining the multiplicity of intellectual traditions from which it emerged, taking a closer look at the paths charted by medical anthropologists in Europe and the Americas.

* An overview of the discipline, written by medical anthropologists of international stature.

* Includes case studies from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

* Also provides thematic perspectives, considering gender and politics in relation to medical anthropology.