Unhealthy Health Policy: A Critical Anthropological Examination

Publication date: 10/01/04
by Arachu Castro, Merrill Singer
Altamira Press
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These important new essays turn a critical anthropological eye on international health policy. The contributors reveal that, in light of prevailing social inequalities, policies intended to protect public health may in fact often represent significant structural threats to the health and well-being of the poor, ethnic minorities, women, and other often marginalized groups. The contributors focus on the processes of decision making, influences on decision makers, and the impact of policy on human lives. Unhealthy Health Policy will be a critical resourcefor researchers and practitioners in medical anthropology, and sociology, applied anthropology, minority issues, public policy, and health care issues.