Health Studies

This new edition of a very successful textbook provides an up-to-date, broad and authoritative introduction to studying health. With chapters including biology, epidemiology, anthropology, politics and psychology, it is the only book to explore all the major disciplines and highlight how they can contribute to our understanding of health in one single volume.Comprehensive, accessible and written by leading experts in the different fields, this is the introductory text for all students of health studies.