| Description |
xvii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ; 13 |
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Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ; 13
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| Contents |
Foreword / S. Leonard Syme -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The origins of an integrated approach in anthropology and epidemiology -- 3. Disease patterns and assumptions : unpacking variables -- 4. Cultural issues in measurement and bias -- 5. Anthropological contributions to the study of cholera -- 6. Anthropological and epidemiological collaboration to help communities become healthier -- 7. Perceiving and representing risk -- 8. Conclusion |
| Summary |
"This book shows how practitioners in the emerging field of "cultural epidemiology" describe human health, communicate with diverse audiences, and intervene to improve health and prevent disease. It uses textual and statistical portraits of disease to describe past and present collaborations between anthropology and epidemiology."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Epidemiology.
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Medical anthropology.
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Epidemiology.
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Anthropology.
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| Author |
MyiLibrary.
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| LC no. |
2004051869 |
| ISBN |
9780521790505 hardback |
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0521790506 hardback |
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9780521793896 paperback |
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0521793890 paperback |
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