Due to rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing, and the projections are grim. Despite billions of dollars invested in medical research, no effective treatment…

This text is a festschrift in honour of Charles Leslie whose influential career helped shape this subfield of anthropology. This collection of essays explores medical innovation and medical pluralism at…

This text compares North American and Japanese medical and political accounts of female middle age, together with narratives given by Japanese women, to challenge Western assumptions about menopause.

This interdisciplinary collection on newly created biomedical technologies and their practical application reveals how biomedical technologies are produced through the agencies of tools and techniques, scientists and doctors, funding bodies…

A collection of essays on the work of John Locke, George Berkeley and David Hume, designed to provide a deeper understanding of major issues raised in the empiricist tradition. It…