Culture, health, and illness : an introduction for health professionals /
"First edition published by John Wright and Sons, Ltd., 1984"--Title page verso
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Boston :
Wright,
1990.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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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.