Encyclopedia of medical anthropology [electronic resource] : health and illness in the world's cultures
2012
Book
Abstract: Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is "culture bound" in our own medical belief and practice.The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. No other single reference work comes close to marching the depth and breadth of information on the varying cultural background of health and illness around the world. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world.
Main title:
Encyclopedia of medical anthropology [electronic resource] : health and illness in the world's cultures / edited by Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember.
Imprint:
New York [N.Y.] : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2004 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Collation:
1 online resource (110 entries) : 47 images, digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 2 v. (xliv, 1071 p.) : ill.
Contents:
Topics. General concepts and perspectives; Medical systems; Political, economic, and social issues; Sexuality, reproduction, and the life cycle; Health conditions and diseases - Cultures.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781849725064 (online)9780306477546 (print)0306477548 (set)
Dewey class:
362.103
LC class:
RA418
Language:
English
Subject:
Social medicine -- EncyclopediasWorld health -- EncyclopediasMedical anthropology -- EncyclopediasMedicine -- Cross-cultural studiesHealth -- Cross-cultural studiesDiseases -- Social aspectsAnthropology, CulturalCross-Cultural ComparisonHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeDisease -- ethnologyHealth Behavior -- ethnologySocioeconomic FactorsEncyclopediasElectronic books
BRN:
502551
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