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Culture, health, and illness : an introduction for health professionals

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford: :Butterworth-Heinemann, c1990.Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix, 344 pages : 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780750604789
  • 0750604786
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN296 .H45 1990
Contents:
Introduction: the scope of medical anthropology Cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology Diet and nutrition Caring and curing: the sectors of health care Doctor-patient interactions Gender and reproduction Pain and culture Culture and pharmacology Ritual and the management of misfortune Cross-cultural psychiatry Cultural aspects of stress Cultural factors in epidemiology
Summary: An introduction to the role of cultural and social factors in health and disease.
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includes bibliographical references and index


Introduction: the scope of medical anthropology
Cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology
Diet and nutrition
Caring and curing: the sectors of health care
Doctor-patient interactions
Gender and reproduction
Pain and culture
Culture and pharmacology
Ritual and the management of misfortune
Cross-cultural psychiatry
Cultural aspects of stress
Cultural factors in epidemiology

An introduction to the role of cultural and social factors in health and disease.

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