| Description |
viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| 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 -- Medical anthropology and global health -- New research methods in medical anthropology -- Clinical questionnaires |
| Analysis |
Social Medicine |
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Anthropology |
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Sociology, Medical |
| Notes |
Originally published: Oxford : Butterworth Heinemann, 2000.-Previous ed.: Oxford : Butterworth Heinemann, 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Health attitudes.
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Transcultural medical care.
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Social medicine.
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Medical anthropology.
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Social Medicine.
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Anthropology.
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Sociology, Medical.
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Social Medicine.
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Anthropology.
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Sociology, Medical.
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| ISBN |
0750647868 |
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9780750647861 |
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