Cecil G. Helman, Cecil Helman (Brunel University, London, UK)

Culture, Health and Illness, Fifth edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addresses the complex interactions between health, illness and culture by setting out anthropological theory, and integrating this with the practice of healthcare using real-life examples and case histories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 5 ed
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 268mm x 197mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1236g
• ISBN-13: 9780340914502
• ISBN-10: 0340914505
• Artikelnr.: 21680201

Autorenporträt

Cecil G Helman, Professor of Medical Anthropology, Brunel University; Senior Lecturer, Dept of Primary Care and Population Sciences, UCL, London, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the 5th Edition
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
Author index
Subject index