title: Medical anthropology enters the 21st century.
abstract: Medical anthropology is the smallest and perhaps least understood of the social and behavioral sciences of medicine. In this article, we indicate what makes the field distinctive and describe significant developments during the past two decades.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Studies of Medicine and Anthropology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. allan.young@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rees
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology; D001525:Behavioral Sciences; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine