| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 500 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Anthropology online
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| Contents |
Overview Of Contents; List of Profiles xiii; About the Authors and Contributors xv; Preface xvii; Chapter One The Ecology of Health and Disease 1; Chapter Two Interdisciplinary Research in Health Problems 33; Chapter Three Genes, Culture, and Adaptation 81; Chapter Four Changing Patterns of Disease and Health 131; Chapter Five The Ecology and Economics of Nutrition 169; Chapter Six Culture, Ecology, and Reproduction 217; Chapter Seven Stress, Illness, and Healing 267; Chapter Eight Health Resources in Changing Cultures 311; Chapter Nine Costs and Benefits of Development 359 |
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Chapter Ten Medical Anthropologists at Work: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century 409Appendix: Projects in Medical Anthropology 429; References Cited 433; Index 483 |
| Summary |
Integrating biocultural, environmental, and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health, this premier teaching text for medical anthropology has been updated to reflect the latest developments in the field |
| Notes |
"A Member of the Perseus Books Group." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-482) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Medical anthropology.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Anthropology.
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Ecology.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Anthropology
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Ecology
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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anthropology.
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ecology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Ecology
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Cross-cultural studies
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Anthropology
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on
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Medical anthropology
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Medicinsk antropologi.
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Människan och naturen -- hälsoaspekter.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Townsend, Patricia K., 1941-
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| ISBN |
9780786727407 |
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0786727403 |
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