Books by Murphy Halliburton

India and the Patent Wars contributes to an international debate over the costs of medicine and restrictions on access under stringent patent laws showing how activists and drug companies in low-income countries seize agency and exert influence over these processes. Murphy Halliburton contributes to analyses of globalization within the fields...

Presents an ethnographic exploration of the sensory and aesthetic experiences of popular Eastern and Western therapies and how they 'cure'. This book investigates the very different ways in which Western, Ayurvedic, and religious (Christian, Muslim, and Hindu) healing systems define psychiatric problems and cures.