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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
184
Utgivningsdatum
2005-10-01
Upplaga
ed
Förlag
Open University Press
Medarbetare
Geissler, Wenzel
Illustrationer
Illustrations
Dimensioner
240 x 170 x 11 mm
Vikt
260 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780335218509

Medical Anthropology

av Robert Pool
Häftad,  Engelska, 2005-10-01
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Medical anthropology is playing an increasingly important role in public health. This book provides an introduction to the basic concepts, approaches and theories used, and shows how these contribute to understanding complex health related behaviour. Public health policies and interventions are more likely to be effective if the beliefs and behaviour of people are understood and taken into account. The book examines:
  • Concepts of culture
  • Medical systems
  • Patient's experience of illness and treatment
  • The use of medicines and healing practices
  • Public health and medical research
Examples of particular health problems, such as HIV and malaria, are used to show how an anthropological approach can contribute to both a better understanding of health and illness and to more culturally compatible public health measures. Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.
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Senior Lecturers in Social Anthropology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.



Senior Lecturers in Social Anthropology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Innehållsförteckning

Overview of the book
Anthropology and culture
Anthropological perspectives
Approaches to medical anthropology
Medical systems and medical syncretism
Interpreting and explaining sickness
Situating sickness and health
The relationship between anthropology and biomedicine
Substances of power
Local and global medicines
Cultures, persons, bodies
Medical research
Health interventions as a field of social practice
Index

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