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PublisherMcGraw-Hill Higher Education

ISBN-101559347236

ISBN-139781559347235

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Number of Pages464 Pages

Publication NameUnderstanding and Applying Medical Anthropology

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

SubjectAnthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorPeter J. Brown

Subject AreaSocial Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN97-031050

Dewey Edition21

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Dewey Decimal306.4/61/01

Table Of ContentIntroduction: What is Medical Anthropology? P. J. Brown, R. Barrett, and M. Padilla, "Medical Anthropologies: An Introduction to the Fields" PART I: UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Biosocial Approaches Evolution, Health, and Medicine S. B. Eaton, M. Shostak, and M. Konner, "Stone-agers in the Fast Lane" L. Oliwenstein, "Dr. Darwin" Human Biological Variation R. Martorell, "Body Size, Adaptation, and Function" C. Ritenbaugh and C. S. Goodby, "Beyond the Thrifty Gene: Metabolic Implications of Prehistoric Migration into the New World" M. Boutte, "Genetic Prophecy: Promises and Perils for Late-Onset Diseases" Bioarchaeology and History G. Armelagos, "Health and Disease in Prehistoric Populations in Transition" T. McKeown, "Determinants of Health" Cultural and Political Ecologies of Disease P. J. Brown, "Cultural Adaptations to Endemic Malaria in Sardinia" R. Desowitz, "The Fly That Would Be King" P. Farmer, "Social Inequalities and Emerging Infectious Diseases" Cultural Approaches Belief and Ethnomedical Systems G. M. Foster, "Disease Etiologies in Nonwestern Medical Systems" K. Finkler, "Sacred Healing and Biomedicine Compared" C. Levi-Strauss, "The Sorcerer and His Magic" R. Hahn, "The Nocebo Phenomenon: Concept, Evidence, and Implications for Public Health" The Social Construction of Illness and the Social Production of Health N. Waxler, "Learning to be a Leper: A Case Study in the Social Construction of Illness" L. Clark, "Gender and Generation in Poor Women's Household Health Production Experience" Healers in Cross-Cultural Perspective M. F. Brown, "The Dark Side of Shaman" M. Konner, "Transcendental Medication" P. Singer, "'Psychic Surgery': Close Observation of a Popular Healing Practice" Culture, Illness, and Mental Health A. Kleinman, "Do Psychiatric Disorders Differ in Different Cultures?" A. Rubel, "The Epidemiology of a Folk Illness: Susto in Hispanic America" Critical Medical Anthropology N. Scheper-Hughes and M. M. Lock, "The Mindful Body: A Prolegomenon to Future Work in Medical Anthropology" M. Singer, "Beyond the Ivory Tower: Critical Praxis in Medical Anthropology" PART II: APPLYING MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Case Studies in Explanatory Models W. Dressler, "Ethnomedical Beliefs and Patient Adherence to a Treatment Regimen: A St. Lucian Example" Centers for Disease Control: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, "Health Beliefs and Compliance with Prescribed Medication among Black Women-New Orleans 1985-86" M. Trawick, "An Ayurvedic Theory of Cancer" A. Harwood, "The Hot-Cold Theory of Disease: Implications for the Treatment of Puerto-Rican Patients" Ethnicity and Health Care R. A. Hahn, "The State of Federal Health Statistics on Racial and Ethnic Groups" M. S. Bates and W. T. Edwards, "Ethnic Variations in the Chronic Pain Experience" R. Trotter, "A Case of Lead Poisoning from Folk Remedies" M. Singer et al., "Why Does Juan Garcia Have a Drinking Problem?" E. A. Berlin and W. C. Fowkes, "A Teaching Framework for Cross-Cultural Health Care" Stigma and Coping with Chronic Illness G. Becker, "Coping with Stigma: Lifelong Adaptation of Deaf People" M. C. Inhorn, "Genital Herpes: An Ethnographic Inquiry into Being Discreditable in American Society" R. W. Murphy, "The Damaged Self" P. Farmer and A. Kleinmen, "AIDS as Human Suffering" Gender and Women's Health E. Martin, "Medical Metaphors of Women's Bodies: Menstruation and Menopause" C. West, "Routine Complications: Troubles with Talk between Doctors and Patients" R. Rapp, "Accounting for Amniocentesis" N. Scheper-Hughes, "Culture, Scarcity, and Maternal Thinking" Culture and Nutrition: Fat and Thin K. A. Dettwyler, "The Biocultural Approach in Nutritional Anthropology: Case Studies of Malnutrition in Mali" P. J. Brown and

SynopsisThis collection of readings exposes students to the breadth of theoretical viewpoints and issues in the field of medical anthropology. The text provides specific examples and case studies of research as it is applied in a range of health settings - from clinical encounters to preventive services to international health.

LC Classification NumberGN296.U54 1998