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Why the World Needs (Medical) Anthropologists: Lessons from a (More than Just a) Handbook on Medical Anthropology

Why the World Needs (Medical) Anthropologists: Lessons from a (More than Just a) Handbook on Medical Anthropology

Review by Cristina Douglas

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Success Is Not All: When “Failure” Becomes Meaningful in Late Life

Success Is Not All: When “Failure” Becomes Meaningful in Late Life

Review by Cristina Douglas

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Aspirations and Uncertainties of Medical Labor Migrants

Aspirations and Uncertainties of Medical Labor Migrants

Review by Jason Danely

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#StillHuman: Re-Imagining the Ageing Self

#StillHuman: Re-Imagining the Ageing Self

Review by Zoe Hatten

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Visions of Care in a Time of Medical Multiplicity

Visions of Care in a Time of Medical Multiplicity

Review by Emma Louise Backe

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An EthnoGRAPHIC Entrance

An EthnoGRAPHIC Entrance

Review by Christine Sargent

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Following Human Hair to Unexpected Places: A Review of Emma Tarlo’s “Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair”

Following Human Hair to Unexpected Places: A Review of Emma Tarlo’s “Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair”

Review by Jenn Porter-Lupu

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Structural Conditions of the Mind: Global Contexts, Concerns, and Solutions for Global Mental Health from Medical Anthropology

Structural Conditions of the Mind: Global Contexts, Concerns, and Solutions for Global Mental Health from Medical Anthropology

Review by Megan B. Hinrichsen

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The Social Life of Data

The Social Life of Data

Review by Brendan Tuttle

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Fullness of Life: Male Potency and Loss in Contemporary China

Fullness of Life: Male Potency and Loss in Contemporary China

Review by Mollie Gossage

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