Foundations of Biosocial Health

Shir Lerman is postdoctoral fellow in Prevention and Control of CancerTraining in Implementation Science (PRACCTIS) at the University of MassachusettsMedical School.Bayla Ostrach is appointed in the Department of Family Medicine and affiliatedwith the Master's of Science in Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practiceprogram (MACCP) at Boston University School of Medicine.Merrill Singer is professor in the Departments of Anthropology andCommunity Medicine at the University of Connecticut and senior researchscientist at the University of Connecticut’s Institute for Collaboration on Health,Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP).

In content this volume is clear and thematically coherent.... [T] he authors are to be congratulated on their international perspective.... This volume makes a persuasive case for the expansion of research into this area. This book would be of particular interest to those familiar with the theoretical traditions on which it is founded. With its substantial theoretical content, this text would be most useful to scholars and postgraduate students who are interested in research that focuses on the intersections of contemporary social theory, health and illness and medical sociology. I eagerly await the next instalment in this volume.

• Chapter 1: The Role of Drug User Stigmatization in the Making of Drug-Related SyndemicsChapter 2: Perception and Discrimination: The Biomedical Foundations of a Syndemic of Substance Abuse, Violence and Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Ontario, CanadaChapter 3: Disordered Minds and Disordered Bodies: Stigma, Depression, & Obesity Syndemic in Puerto RicoChapter 4: Obesity, Depression, and Weight-Related Stigma SyndemicsChapter 5: The PHAMILIS Stigma Syndemic among Homeless WomenChapter 6: Dangerous Bodies, Unpredictable Minds: HIV/AIDS, Mental Disorders, and Stigma Syndemics in Western KenyaChapter 7: Biomedical Moralities: HIV Community Stigma and Risks for HIV/STI SyndemicsChapter 8: Methamphetamine Addiction, HIV infection, and Gay Men: Stigma and Suffering