A companion to medical anthropology /
A companion to medical anthropology /
edited by Merrill Singer and Pamela I. Erickson.
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 541 pages).
- Blackwell companions to anthropology .
- Blackwell companions to anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theories, Applications, and Methods -- Medical Anthropology in Disciplinary Context: Definitional Struggles and Key Debates (or Answering the Cri Du Coeur) / Critical Biocultural Approaches in Medical Anthropology / Applied Medical Anthropology: Praxis, Pragmatics, Politics, and Promises / Research Design and Methods in Medical Anthropology / Medical Anthropology and Public Policy / Contexts and Conditions -- Culture and the Stress Process / Global Health / Syndemics in Global Health / Elisa J. Sobo -- Alan H. Goodman -- Robert T. Trotter, II -- Clarence C. Gravlee -- Merrill Eisenberg -- William W. Dressler -- Kitty K. Corbett -- Melanie Rock. Machine generated contents note: pt. I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. pt. II 6. 7. 8. The Ecology of Disease and Health / The Medical Anthropology of Water / Political Violence, War and Medical Anthropology / Health and Behavior -- Humans in a World of Microbes: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease / Sexuality, Medical Anthropology, and Public Health / Situating Birth in the Anthropology of Reproduction / Nutrition and Health / Anthropologies of Cancer and Risk, Uncertainty and Disruption / Generation RX: Anthropological Research on Pharmaceutical Enhancement, Lifestyle Regulation, Self-Medication and Recreational Drug Use / Patricia K. Townsend -- Cecilia Vindrola Padros -- Merrill Singer -- Kenneth C. Maes -- Pamela I. Erickson -- Lauren Gulbas -- Charlotte A. Noble -- Lenore Manderson -- Mark Nichter. 9. 10. 11. pt. III 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Anthropology and the Study of Illicit Drug Use / Healthwork: Care, Treatment, and Communication -- Ethnomedicine / Medical Pluralism: An Evolving and Contested Concept in Medical Anthropology / Biotechnologies of Care / Social Interaction and Technology: Cultural Competency and the Universality of Good Manners / Biocommunicability / Anthropology at the End of Life / The Road Ahead -- Operationalizing a Right to Health: Theorizing a National Health System as a "Commons" / As the Future Explodes into the Present: Emergent Issues and the Tomorrow of Medical Anthropology / J. Bryan Page -- Marsha B. Quinlan -- Hans A. Baer -- Ruth Fitzgerald -- Craig Palmer -- Charles L. Briggs -- Ron Barrett -- Beverly Bell -- Pamela I. Erickson. 18. pt. IV 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. pt. V 25. 26.
"In a global environment of enormous health challenges, medical anthropologists offer important understandings of health systems and healing practices around the world. These leading international scholars assess our persisting problems of malnutrition, chronic and infectious diseases, and the influence of escalating levels of inequality, poverty, war, and genocide. A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the key issues and controversies in medical anthropology today. Singer and Erickson present a thorough assessment of a specific area of medical anthropology, including expert overviews of major topics such as environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health. The authors also provide a guide to future trends and the emerging issues that will shape the future of medical anthropology and global health for years to come"--
9781444395303 1444395300 9781444350739 1444350730 9781444395280 1444395289
9786613408235
Medical anthropology.
Anthropology, Physical.
Social Medicine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Medical anthropology.
Ethnomedizin.
Electronic books.
GN296 / .C68 2011eb
306.4/61
2011 F-843 GN 296
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theories, Applications, and Methods -- Medical Anthropology in Disciplinary Context: Definitional Struggles and Key Debates (or Answering the Cri Du Coeur) / Critical Biocultural Approaches in Medical Anthropology / Applied Medical Anthropology: Praxis, Pragmatics, Politics, and Promises / Research Design and Methods in Medical Anthropology / Medical Anthropology and Public Policy / Contexts and Conditions -- Culture and the Stress Process / Global Health / Syndemics in Global Health / Elisa J. Sobo -- Alan H. Goodman -- Robert T. Trotter, II -- Clarence C. Gravlee -- Merrill Eisenberg -- William W. Dressler -- Kitty K. Corbett -- Melanie Rock. Machine generated contents note: pt. I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. pt. II 6. 7. 8. The Ecology of Disease and Health / The Medical Anthropology of Water / Political Violence, War and Medical Anthropology / Health and Behavior -- Humans in a World of Microbes: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease / Sexuality, Medical Anthropology, and Public Health / Situating Birth in the Anthropology of Reproduction / Nutrition and Health / Anthropologies of Cancer and Risk, Uncertainty and Disruption / Generation RX: Anthropological Research on Pharmaceutical Enhancement, Lifestyle Regulation, Self-Medication and Recreational Drug Use / Patricia K. Townsend -- Cecilia Vindrola Padros -- Merrill Singer -- Kenneth C. Maes -- Pamela I. Erickson -- Lauren Gulbas -- Charlotte A. Noble -- Lenore Manderson -- Mark Nichter. 9. 10. 11. pt. III 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Anthropology and the Study of Illicit Drug Use / Healthwork: Care, Treatment, and Communication -- Ethnomedicine / Medical Pluralism: An Evolving and Contested Concept in Medical Anthropology / Biotechnologies of Care / Social Interaction and Technology: Cultural Competency and the Universality of Good Manners / Biocommunicability / Anthropology at the End of Life / The Road Ahead -- Operationalizing a Right to Health: Theorizing a National Health System as a "Commons" / As the Future Explodes into the Present: Emergent Issues and the Tomorrow of Medical Anthropology / J. Bryan Page -- Marsha B. Quinlan -- Hans A. Baer -- Ruth Fitzgerald -- Craig Palmer -- Charles L. Briggs -- Ron Barrett -- Beverly Bell -- Pamela I. Erickson. 18. pt. IV 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. pt. V 25. 26.
"In a global environment of enormous health challenges, medical anthropologists offer important understandings of health systems and healing practices around the world. These leading international scholars assess our persisting problems of malnutrition, chronic and infectious diseases, and the influence of escalating levels of inequality, poverty, war, and genocide. A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the key issues and controversies in medical anthropology today. Singer and Erickson present a thorough assessment of a specific area of medical anthropology, including expert overviews of major topics such as environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health. The authors also provide a guide to future trends and the emerging issues that will shape the future of medical anthropology and global health for years to come"--
9781444395303 1444395300 9781444350739 1444350730 9781444395280 1444395289
9786613408235
Medical anthropology.
Anthropology, Physical.
Social Medicine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Medical anthropology.
Ethnomedizin.
Electronic books.
GN296 / .C68 2011eb
306.4/61
2011 F-843 GN 296