The anthropology of health and healing / Mari Womack.

Author
Womack, Mari [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, [2010], ©2010.
Description
xv, 367 pages ; 26 cm

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    Subject(s)
    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.
    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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