Physiologie du risque face à l’Histoire, or, Health, Culture and Society: The possibilities of anthropology and policy

This review of published research (Health, Culture and Society – Rawat Publications, India, 2000) seeks to introduce the reader to the driving themes of a work establishing the link between human physiological functions and social represetations. In doing so the author articulates the topic of prevention within a broad and complex social, historical and anthropological framework.