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The anthropology of health and healing / Mari Womack.
Author
Womack, Mari
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English
Published/Created
Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, [2010], ©2010.
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xv, 367 pages ; 26 cm
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GN296 .W645 2010
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Medical anthropology
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Public health
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Anthropological aspects
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Human body
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. The Anthropology of Health and Healing
Pt. I. The Psychobiology of Health and Healing
1. Models of the Body, the Self, and the Human Experience
2. Constructing Gender: The Body in Social Context
3. The Biology of Psychology and the Psychology of Biology
4. Metaphor, Labeling Theory, and the Placebo Effect
Pt. II. Maintaining Health and Healing the Whole Person
5. The Human Life Cycle: Coming of Age
6. The Human Life Cycle: The Reproductive Years
7. The Human Life Cycle: Growing Old and Growing Good
8. Lifestyle and Health
Pt. III. Models of Diagnosis and Treatment
9. Biomedicine and the Scientific Approach
10. Restoring the Balance: Asian Models of Health and Healing
11. Calling on the Spirits: Shamans, Sorcerers, and Mediums
12. The Emerging Field of Integrative Medicine
Pt. IV. Contemporary Issues in Health and Healing
13. The Social Context of Epidemics
14. Medicines, Herbs, and Dietary Supplements
15. Public Policy and Health-Care Delivery Systems.
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ISBN
9780759110434 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759110433 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759110441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0759110441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780759118614 (electronic)
0759118612 (electronic)
LCCN
2009040400
OCLC
351307279
Other standard number
40017485937
RCP
C - S
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