Culture, health and illness /
Helman, Cecil, 1944-
Culture, health and illness / edited by Cecil Helman. - 4th ed. - Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000. - 352p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Previous ed.: 1995.
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 -- Medical anthropology and global health -- New research methods in medical anthropology -- Clinical questionnaires.
The new edition of this bestselling text has been extended and modernised with new material added to every chapter. In addition, there is a new chapter on New Research Methods in Medical Anthropology.
9780750647861 (pbk.) : £18.99 0750647868
99089542
Medical anthropology.
Social medicine.
Health systems & services
Public health & preventive medicine
Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
Psychiatry
Health and Wellbeing.
Social Medicine.
Anthropology.
Sociology, Medical.
RA418
306.461 HEL
Culture, health and illness / edited by Cecil Helman. - 4th ed. - Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000. - 352p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Previous ed.: 1995.
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 -- Medical anthropology and global health -- New research methods in medical anthropology -- Clinical questionnaires.
The new edition of this bestselling text has been extended and modernised with new material added to every chapter. In addition, there is a new chapter on New Research Methods in Medical Anthropology.
9780750647861 (pbk.) : £18.99 0750647868
99089542
Medical anthropology.
Social medicine.
Health systems & services
Public health & preventive medicine
Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
Psychiatry
Health and Wellbeing.
Social Medicine.
Anthropology.
Sociology, Medical.
RA418
306.461 HEL