An international and interdisciplinary forum for the publication of work in the fields of medical and psychiatric anthropology, cross-cultural psychiatry, and associated cross-societal and clinical epidemiological studies.
Stimulates development of important theory, methods, and debates in medical anthropology and explores the links between medical anthropology, the broader field of anthropology, and neighboring fields.
Provides a global forum for scholarly articles on the social patterns of ill-health and disease transmission, and experiences of and knowledge about health, illness and wellbeing.