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Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population’s interaction with modern medicine. In her fieldwork, Franziska A. Herbst follows the Giri people as they circulate within and around ethnographic sites that include a rural health center and an urban hospital. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the ‘biomedical’ is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life.

Public health --- Social medicine --- Social aspects. --- Papua New Guinea --- anthropology. --- biomedical institutions. --- biomedical services. --- biomedical. --- biomedicine. --- diagnosis. --- engaging. --- ethnographic sites. --- ethnographic study. --- ethnography. --- fieldwork. --- giri people. --- global health. --- health care challenges. --- health. --- indigenous population. --- indigenous populations. --- medical anthropology. --- medical conditions. --- modern medicine. --- papua new guinea. --- personhood. --- realistic. --- rural health center. --- rural health. --- social meaning. --- social science. --- tribal cultures. --- urban hospital. --- villages.