Culture, health, and illness : an introduction for health professionals /

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"First edition published by John Wright and Sons, Ltd., 1984"--Title page verso

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Helman, Cecil, 1944-2009
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Boston : Wright, 1990.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Medical anthropology.
Social medicine.
Social Medicine
Sociology, Medical
Anthropology, Medical
Anthropologie m�edicale.
M�edecine sociale.
Sociologie m�edicale.
Medical anthropology
Social medicine
Man > Health > Social aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: the scope of medical anthropology.
  • 2. Cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology.
  • .3 Diet and nutrition.
  • 4. Caring and curing: the sectors of health care.
  • 5. Doctor-patient interactions.
  • 6. Gender and reproduction.
  • 7. Pain and culture.
  • 8. Culture and pharmacology.
  • 9. Ritual and management of misfortune.
  • 10. Cross-cultural psychiatry.
  • 11. Cultural aspects of stress.
  • 12. Cultural factors in epidemiology.

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