Anthropology and global health

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2009, Pages 167-183

  Janes, Craig R ^a   Corbett, Kitty K ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Civil society; Critical medical anthropology; Global health governance; Globalization of bioscience; International health policy; Political economy of health; Population health

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CIVIL SOCIETY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70350465314     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-091908-164314     Document Type: Article

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