TY  - BOOK
AU  - Helman,Cecil
TI  - Culture, health, and illness
SN  - 0340914505
AV  - GN296 .H45 2007
U1  - 306.461 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - London
PB  - Hodder Arnold
KW  - Medical anthropology
KW  - Social medicine
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Sociology, Medical
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction : the scope of medical anthropology -- 2. The body : 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 : drugs, alcohol and tobacco -- 9. Ritual and the management of misfortune -- 10. Cross-cultural psychiatry -- 11. Cultural aspects of stress and suffering -- 12. Migration, globalization and health -- 13. Telemedicine and the Internet -- 14. New bodies, new selves : genetics and biotechnology -- 15. Cultural factors in epidemiology -- 16. The AIDS pandemic -- 17. Tropical diseases : malaria and leprosy -- 18. Medical anthropology and global health -- 19. New research methods in medical anthropology -- Appendix. Journals and Websites
ER  -