Book Review: Inhorn and Wentzel's "Medical anthropology at the intersections"

What is it about?

This is a book review of Marcia Inhorn and Emily Wentzel's "Medical Anthropology at the Intersections." This book is a collection of the plenary presentations from the Society for Medical Anthropology's 2009 conference.

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Why is it important?

The contributors are prominent medical anthropologists: Emily Martin, Lynn Morgan, Lawrence Cohen, Dider Fassin, Arthur Kleinman, Margaret Lock, Rayna Rapp, Faye Ginsburg, Merrill Singer and Richard Parker. Their works highlight the interaction between medical anthropology and the fields of history, public health, the sciences, policy and activism.