Clinical Anthropology

"John Rush's is no ordinary medical or applied medical anthropology book of the 1980's or 1990's. It is a refreshing antidote to the narrow scholarly specializations and narrow interests that have made anthropology over at least the past two decades so parochial a field. I know of no other clinical/medical anthropology work like it. In addition to appealing to graduate anthropology and other social/behavioral science scholars, this book should appeal to clinicians of many specialties within Western biomedicine." -- Howard F. Stein, Professor of Family Medicine, LUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, author of Prairie Voices (Bergin & Garvey, 1996)

This unique book applies concepts from the field of anthropology to clinical settings to result in a powerful and dynamic model/theory of clinical anthropology.

This unique book applies concepts from the field of anthropology to clinical settings to result in a powerful and dynamic model/theory of clinical anthropology. These clinical settings could include hospitals, police and probation situations, individual and marriage and family counseling, as well as cross-cultural issues, governmental policy, and other instances of educational delivery of concepts and behaviors that allow individuals/groups to reduce stress and move toward personal/group health. In addition to appealing to anthropology and other social/behavioral science scholars, this book will be useful to clinicians of many specialities within Western biomedicine including physicians, nurses, and health care administrators.