ABSTRACT
This important volume includes key papers which outline the history, concepts, research findings and recent controversies in medical anthropology - the cross-cultural study of health, illness and medical care. Among the topics covered are transcultural psychiatry, food and nutrition, anthropology of the body, alcohol and drug use, traditional healers, childbirth and bereavement and the applications of medical anthropology to international health issues, such as the HIV/AIDS pandemic, malaria prevention and family planning. It is a valuable resource not only for scholars and students of medical anthropology but also for health professionals working in multi-cultural settings, or in international medical aid programmes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|336 pages
Basic Concepts
part |43 pages
Food and Nutrition
part |25 pages
Alcohol and Drug Use
part |114 pages
Transcultural Psychiatry
part |21 pages
Medical Pluralism and Traditional Healers
chapter 12|17 pages
III(a) Perceiving Systems
part |66 pages
Languages of Distress
part |62 pages
Rituals of Childbirth and Death
part II|126 pages
Applied Anthropology: International Health
part |17 pages
What is ‘World Health’?
part |23 pages
Family Planning
part |14 pages
Diarrhoeal Diseases
part |25 pages
HIV and AIDS
part |21 pages
Malaria
part |20 pages
Infectious Diseases
part III|75 pages
Contemporary Issues: The Body