New Cures, Old Medicines: Women And The Commercialization Of Traditional Medicine In Bolivia, 1e

In this case study, author Lynn Sikkink integrates theory and contemporary issues in medical anthropology with the insights and perspectives from cultural anthropology and gender studies

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The topics are of wide interest to courses in introductory cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, applied anthropology, and even biological anthropology. This text is also appropriate for courses in gender studies, peoples of South America, and those devoted to the topics of culture change and globalization. Topics include gender; cross-cultural medical systems; effects of globalization; and "intellectual property rights in a world where traditional medical pharmacopoeia become sources for modern pharmaceuticals, exported and patented by transnational firms." The author also includes a chapter on coca leaf production and consumption that is "sure to be compelling and thought provoking.

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