Eric J. BAILEY : Medical Anthropology and African American Health

Preface

Medical Anthropology and African American Health is a teaching text and resource guide for students, health care professionals, health care researchers, and the general public that explains the relationship of culture to African American health care issues. The major emphasis of this book is a cultural relativistic approach to health care assessment, intervention and implementation programs designed especially for African Americans. « Cultural relativistic » refers to the concept of understanding and evaluating an individual and/or a group from his/her or the group’s perspective.