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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Cecil Helman |
| ISBN: | 9780340914502 0340914505 |
| OCLC Number: | 74966843 |
| Description: | viii, 501 p. : ill., col. maps ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction : the scope of medical anthropology -- 2. The body : cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology -- 3. Diet and nutrition -- 4. Caring and curing : the sectors of health care -- 5. Doctor-patient interactions -- 6. Gender and reproduction -- 7. Pain and culture -- 8. Culture and pharmacology : drugs, alcohol and tobacco -- 9. Ritual and the management of misfortune -- 10. Cross-cultural psychiatry -- 11. Cultural aspects of stress and suffering -- 12. Migration, globalization and health -- 13. Telemedicine and the Internet -- 14. New bodies, new selves : genetics and biotechnology -- 15. Cultural factors in epidemiology -- 16. The AIDS pandemic -- 17. Tropical diseases : malaria and leprosy -- 18. Medical anthropology and global health -- 19. New research methods in medical anthropology -- Appendix. Journals and Websites. |
| Responsibility: | Cecil G. Helman. |
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