An edition of The anthropology of health and healing
(2009)
The anthropology of health and healing
by Mari Womack
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This book is the first text to take an integrative approach to the discipline of medical anthropology. In it, the author champions a practice of medicine that includes the maintenance of health as well as treatment of illness, emphasizing the importance of lifestyle and the life cycle.
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The anthropology of health and healing
2010, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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0759110433 9780759110434
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Table of Contents
The psychobiology of health and healing
Models of the body, the self, and the human experience
Constructing gender: the body in social context
The biology of psychology and the psychology of biology
Metaphor, labeling theory, and the placebo effect
Maintaining health and healing the whole person
The human life cycle: coming of age
The human life cycle: the reproductive years
The human life cycle: growing old and growing good
Lifestyle and health
Models of diagnosis and treatment
Biomedicine and the scientific approach
Restoring the balance: Asian models of health and healing
Calling on the spirits: shamans, sorcerers, and mediums
The emerging field of integrative medicine
Contemporary issues in health and healing
The social context of epidemics
Medicines, herbs, and dietary supplements
Public policy and health care delivery systems.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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