A Companion to Medical Anthropology
Herausgegeben von Singer, Merrill; Erickson, Pamela I.
A Companion to Medical Anthropology
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A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today.
Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics
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A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today.
Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s
Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology
Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics
Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s
Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology
Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics
Produktdetails
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- Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
- 1. Auflage
- Seitenzahl: 576
- Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 246mm x 165mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 862g
- ISBN-13: 9781118863213
- ISBN-10: 1118863216
- Artikelnr.: 41521813
- Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
- 1. Auflage
- Seitenzahl: 576
- Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 246mm x 165mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 862g
- ISBN-13: 9781118863213
- ISBN-10: 1118863216
- Artikelnr.: 41521813
Merrill Singer is Professor at the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut; and Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention. Pamela I. Erickson is Professor at the Department of Anthropology and Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut.
Synopsis of Contents viii List of Figures xix List of Tables xx Notes on
Contributors xxi Acknowledgments - Personal xxxii Acknowledgments - Sources
xxxiii Introduction 1 Part I Theories, Applications, and Methods 7 1
Medical Anthropology in Disciplinary Context: Definitional Struggles and
Key Debates (or Answering the Cri Du Coeur) 9 Elisa J. Sobo 2 Critical
Biocultural Approaches in Medical Anthropology 29 Tom Leatherman and Alan
H. Goodman 3 Applied Medical Anthropology: Praxis, Pragmatics, Politics,
and Promises 49 Robert T. Trotter, II 4 Research Design and Methods in
Medical Anthropology 69 Clarence C. Gravlee 5 Medical Anthropology and
Public Policy 93 Merrill Eisenberg Part II Contexts and Conditions 117 6
Culture and the Stress Process 119 William W. Dressler 7 Global Health 135
Craig R. Janes and Kitty K. Corbett 8 Syndemics in Global Health 159
Merrill Singer, D. Ann Herring, Judith Littleton, and Melanie Rock 9 The
Ecology of Disease and Health 181 Patricia K. Townsend 10 The Medical
Anthropology of Water 197 Linda M. Whiteford and Cecilia Vindrola Padros 11
Political Violence, War and Medical Anthropology 219 Barbara Rylko-Bauer
and Merrill Singer Part III Health and Behavior 251 12 Humans in a World of
Microbes: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease 253 Peter J. Brown, George
J. Armelagos, and Kenneth C. Maes 13 Sexuality, Medical Anthropology, and
Public Health 271 Pamela I. Erickson 14 Situating Birth in the Anthropology
of Reproduction 289 Carolyn Sargent and Lauren Gulbas 15 Nutrition and
Health 305 David A. Himmelgreen, Nancy Romero Daza and Charlotte A. Noble
16 Anthropologies of Cancer and Risk, Uncertainty and Disruption 323 Lenore
Manderson 17 Generation RX: Anthropological Research on Pharmaceutical
Enhancement, Lifestyle Regulation, Self-Medication and Recreational Drug
Use 339 Gilbert Quintero and Mark Nichter 18 Anthropology and the Study of
Illicit Drug Use 357 J. Bryan Page Part IV Healthwork: Care, Treatment, and
Communication 379 19 Ethnomedicine 381 Marsha B. Quinlan 20 Medical
Pluralism: An Evolving and Contested Concept in Medical Anthropology 405
Hans A. Baer 21 Biotechnologies of Care 425 Julie Park and Ruth Fitzgerald
22 Social Interaction and Technology: Cultural Competency and the
Universality of Good Manners 443 Kathryn Coe, Gail Barker, and Craig Palmer
23 Biocommunicability 459 Charles L. Briggs 24 Anthropology at the End of
Life 477 Ron Barrett Part V The Road Ahead 491 25 Operationalizing a Right
to Health: Theorizing a National Health System as a "Commons" 493 Sandy
Smith-Nonini and Beverly Bell 26 As the Future Explodes into the Present:
Emergent Issues and the Tomorrow of Medical Anthropology 515 Merrill Singer
and Pamela I. Erickson Index 533
Contributors xxi Acknowledgments - Personal xxxii Acknowledgments - Sources
xxxiii Introduction 1 Part I Theories, Applications, and Methods 7 1
Medical Anthropology in Disciplinary Context: Definitional Struggles and
Key Debates (or Answering the Cri Du Coeur) 9 Elisa J. Sobo 2 Critical
Biocultural Approaches in Medical Anthropology 29 Tom Leatherman and Alan
H. Goodman 3 Applied Medical Anthropology: Praxis, Pragmatics, Politics,
and Promises 49 Robert T. Trotter, II 4 Research Design and Methods in
Medical Anthropology 69 Clarence C. Gravlee 5 Medical Anthropology and
Public Policy 93 Merrill Eisenberg Part II Contexts and Conditions 117 6
Culture and the Stress Process 119 William W. Dressler 7 Global Health 135
Craig R. Janes and Kitty K. Corbett 8 Syndemics in Global Health 159
Merrill Singer, D. Ann Herring, Judith Littleton, and Melanie Rock 9 The
Ecology of Disease and Health 181 Patricia K. Townsend 10 The Medical
Anthropology of Water 197 Linda M. Whiteford and Cecilia Vindrola Padros 11
Political Violence, War and Medical Anthropology 219 Barbara Rylko-Bauer
and Merrill Singer Part III Health and Behavior 251 12 Humans in a World of
Microbes: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease 253 Peter J. Brown, George
J. Armelagos, and Kenneth C. Maes 13 Sexuality, Medical Anthropology, and
Public Health 271 Pamela I. Erickson 14 Situating Birth in the Anthropology
of Reproduction 289 Carolyn Sargent and Lauren Gulbas 15 Nutrition and
Health 305 David A. Himmelgreen, Nancy Romero Daza and Charlotte A. Noble
16 Anthropologies of Cancer and Risk, Uncertainty and Disruption 323 Lenore
Manderson 17 Generation RX: Anthropological Research on Pharmaceutical
Enhancement, Lifestyle Regulation, Self-Medication and Recreational Drug
Use 339 Gilbert Quintero and Mark Nichter 18 Anthropology and the Study of
Illicit Drug Use 357 J. Bryan Page Part IV Healthwork: Care, Treatment, and
Communication 379 19 Ethnomedicine 381 Marsha B. Quinlan 20 Medical
Pluralism: An Evolving and Contested Concept in Medical Anthropology 405
Hans A. Baer 21 Biotechnologies of Care 425 Julie Park and Ruth Fitzgerald
22 Social Interaction and Technology: Cultural Competency and the
Universality of Good Manners 443 Kathryn Coe, Gail Barker, and Craig Palmer
23 Biocommunicability 459 Charles L. Briggs 24 Anthropology at the End of
Life 477 Ron Barrett Part V The Road Ahead 491 25 Operationalizing a Right
to Health: Theorizing a National Health System as a "Commons" 493 Sandy
Smith-Nonini and Beverly Bell 26 As the Future Explodes into the Present:
Emergent Issues and the Tomorrow of Medical Anthropology 515 Merrill Singer
and Pamela I. Erickson Index 533
Synopsis of Contents viii List of Figures xix List of Tables xx Notes on
Contributors xxi Acknowledgments - Personal xxxii Acknowledgments - Sources
xxxiii Introduction 1 Part I Theories, Applications, and Methods 7 1
Medical Anthropology in Disciplinary Context: Definitional Struggles and
Key Debates (or Answering the Cri Du Coeur) 9 Elisa J. Sobo 2 Critical
Biocultural Approaches in Medical Anthropology 29 Tom Leatherman and Alan
H. Goodman 3 Applied Medical Anthropology: Praxis, Pragmatics, Politics,
and Promises 49 Robert T. Trotter, II 4 Research Design and Methods in
Medical Anthropology 69 Clarence C. Gravlee 5 Medical Anthropology and
Public Policy 93 Merrill Eisenberg Part II Contexts and Conditions 117 6
Culture and the Stress Process 119 William W. Dressler 7 Global Health 135
Craig R. Janes and Kitty K. Corbett 8 Syndemics in Global Health 159
Merrill Singer, D. Ann Herring, Judith Littleton, and Melanie Rock 9 The
Ecology of Disease and Health 181 Patricia K. Townsend 10 The Medical
Anthropology of Water 197 Linda M. Whiteford and Cecilia Vindrola Padros 11
Political Violence, War and Medical Anthropology 219 Barbara Rylko-Bauer
and Merrill Singer Part III Health and Behavior 251 12 Humans in a World of
Microbes: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease 253 Peter J. Brown, George
J. Armelagos, and Kenneth C. Maes 13 Sexuality, Medical Anthropology, and
Public Health 271 Pamela I. Erickson 14 Situating Birth in the Anthropology
of Reproduction 289 Carolyn Sargent and Lauren Gulbas 15 Nutrition and
Health 305 David A. Himmelgreen, Nancy Romero Daza and Charlotte A. Noble
16 Anthropologies of Cancer and Risk, Uncertainty and Disruption 323 Lenore
Manderson 17 Generation RX: Anthropological Research on Pharmaceutical
Enhancement, Lifestyle Regulation, Self-Medication and Recreational Drug
Use 339 Gilbert Quintero and Mark Nichter 18 Anthropology and the Study of
Illicit Drug Use 357 J. Bryan Page Part IV Healthwork: Care, Treatment, and
Communication 379 19 Ethnomedicine 381 Marsha B. Quinlan 20 Medical
Pluralism: An Evolving and Contested Concept in Medical Anthropology 405
Hans A. Baer 21 Biotechnologies of Care 425 Julie Park and Ruth Fitzgerald
22 Social Interaction and Technology: Cultural Competency and the
Universality of Good Manners 443 Kathryn Coe, Gail Barker, and Craig Palmer
23 Biocommunicability 459 Charles L. Briggs 24 Anthropology at the End of
Life 477 Ron Barrett Part V The Road Ahead 491 25 Operationalizing a Right
to Health: Theorizing a National Health System as a "Commons" 493 Sandy
Smith-Nonini and Beverly Bell 26 As the Future Explodes into the Present:
Emergent Issues and the Tomorrow of Medical Anthropology 515 Merrill Singer
and Pamela I. Erickson Index 533
Contributors xxi Acknowledgments - Personal xxxii Acknowledgments - Sources
xxxiii Introduction 1 Part I Theories, Applications, and Methods 7 1
Medical Anthropology in Disciplinary Context: Definitional Struggles and
Key Debates (or Answering the Cri Du Coeur) 9 Elisa J. Sobo 2 Critical
Biocultural Approaches in Medical Anthropology 29 Tom Leatherman and Alan
H. Goodman 3 Applied Medical Anthropology: Praxis, Pragmatics, Politics,
and Promises 49 Robert T. Trotter, II 4 Research Design and Methods in
Medical Anthropology 69 Clarence C. Gravlee 5 Medical Anthropology and
Public Policy 93 Merrill Eisenberg Part II Contexts and Conditions 117 6
Culture and the Stress Process 119 William W. Dressler 7 Global Health 135
Craig R. Janes and Kitty K. Corbett 8 Syndemics in Global Health 159
Merrill Singer, D. Ann Herring, Judith Littleton, and Melanie Rock 9 The
Ecology of Disease and Health 181 Patricia K. Townsend 10 The Medical
Anthropology of Water 197 Linda M. Whiteford and Cecilia Vindrola Padros 11
Political Violence, War and Medical Anthropology 219 Barbara Rylko-Bauer
and Merrill Singer Part III Health and Behavior 251 12 Humans in a World of
Microbes: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease 253 Peter J. Brown, George
J. Armelagos, and Kenneth C. Maes 13 Sexuality, Medical Anthropology, and
Public Health 271 Pamela I. Erickson 14 Situating Birth in the Anthropology
of Reproduction 289 Carolyn Sargent and Lauren Gulbas 15 Nutrition and
Health 305 David A. Himmelgreen, Nancy Romero Daza and Charlotte A. Noble
16 Anthropologies of Cancer and Risk, Uncertainty and Disruption 323 Lenore
Manderson 17 Generation RX: Anthropological Research on Pharmaceutical
Enhancement, Lifestyle Regulation, Self-Medication and Recreational Drug
Use 339 Gilbert Quintero and Mark Nichter 18 Anthropology and the Study of
Illicit Drug Use 357 J. Bryan Page Part IV Healthwork: Care, Treatment, and
Communication 379 19 Ethnomedicine 381 Marsha B. Quinlan 20 Medical
Pluralism: An Evolving and Contested Concept in Medical Anthropology 405
Hans A. Baer 21 Biotechnologies of Care 425 Julie Park and Ruth Fitzgerald
22 Social Interaction and Technology: Cultural Competency and the
Universality of Good Manners 443 Kathryn Coe, Gail Barker, and Craig Palmer
23 Biocommunicability 459 Charles L. Briggs 24 Anthropology at the End of
Life 477 Ron Barrett Part V The Road Ahead 491 25 Operationalizing a Right
to Health: Theorizing a National Health System as a "Commons" 493 Sandy
Smith-Nonini and Beverly Bell 26 As the Future Explodes into the Present:
Emergent Issues and the Tomorrow of Medical Anthropology 515 Merrill Singer
and Pamela I. Erickson Index 533