Sykes, Naomi
(ed.)
Shaw, Julia
(ed.)
Editorial: Routledge
Número de páginas: 196 págs.
Fecha de edición: 29-01-2024
EAN: 9780367759261
ISBN: 978-0-367-75926-1
Precio (sin IVA): 54,76 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 56,95 €
The maintenance of human health and the mechanisms by which this is achieved – through medicine, medical intervention and care-giving – are fundamentals of human societies. However, archaeological investigations of medicine and care have tended to examine the obvious and explicit manifestations of medical treatment as discrete practices that take place within specific settings, rather than as broader indicators of medical worldviews and health beliefs. This volume highlights the importance of medical worldviews as a means of understanding healthcare and medical practice in the past.