"First edition ... published in 1989 as Anthropology and international health : South Asian case studies"--T.p. verso.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Amsterdam).

"First published in France as Anthropologie médicale: ancrages locaux, défis globaux."

"Revised ed., 2001"--Cover.
"This manual has been prepared for the International Course in Anthropology of Health and Health Care, a joint initiative of Mahidol University, Center for Health Studies, Thailand ; University of the Philippines, National Institute of Health, the Philippines ; Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; University of Amsterdam, Medical Anthropology Unit, the Netherlands ; BRAC, Bangladesh ; ICDRR, B, Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh."
"This manual contains the training modules of the International Course in Anthropology of Health and Health Care which has been held in Bangkok, The Philippines and Bangladesh. ... Modules 21 to 43 (except Modules 23, 27, 33 and 40) have been adapted from Designing and Conducting Health Systems Research Projects, Health Systems Research Training Series, Volume 2, a document published jointly by the Health Sciences Division of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Programme on Health Systems Research and Development of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1991"--Pref.

Essays reprinted from various publications.