The Social Fabric of Health : An Introduction to Medical Anthropology

The Social Fabric of Health : An Introduction to Medical Anthropology

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780070328310
  • DDC分類 301

Full Description


This new text for courses in Medical Anthropology, one of the hottest areas in the discipline as a whole, looks at cultural definitions of health to look at health itself - which means that it is not so much about healing/medicine as it is about the entire social/cultural construct of health. The text attempts to bridge the gap between physical and cultural approaches to medical anthropology.

Contents

1. Introducing Medical Anthropology2. The Origins and Theories of Medical Anthropology3. The Fabric of Health4. Population and Disease, the Changing Indicators of Health5. The Life Course: Birthing, Living, Dying6. Personhood, Liminality, and Identity7. The Transforming Signs of Sickness and Healing8. Medical Knowledge9. Power and Organization in Medicine10. Shaping the Fabric of Health