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Author(s): Robert Pool, Wenzel Geissler
ISBN(s): 9780335227495, 033522749X
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.08 MB
Year: 2005
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 033522749X 
ISBN 13: 9780335227495
Author: Robert Pool, Wenzel Geissler

This book provides an introduction to the basic concepts, approaches and theories used, and shows how these contribute to understanding complex health related behaviour. Public health policies and interventions are more likely to be effective if the beliefs and behaviour of people are understood and taken into account.

Medical Anthropology Understanding Public Health 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Foundations of Medical Anthropology

  1. Introduction to Medical Anthropology

  2. The Biocultural Approach to Health

  3. Culture, Illness, and Healing

Part II: Concepts and Methods

  1. Ethnographic Methods in Medical Anthropology

  2. Understanding Disease and Suffering

  3. Medical Systems and Healing Practices

Part III: Global Health Perspectives

  1. Infectious Diseases and Global Health

  2. Chronic Illness and Lifestyle Diseases

  3. Nutrition, Food Systems, and Health

Part IV: Social Determinants of Health

  1. Inequality, Poverty, and Health Outcomes

  2. Gender, Sexuality, and Health

  3. Migration, Displacement, and Health

Part V: Applied Medical Anthropology

  1. Public Health Interventions and Policy

  2. Community Health and Participatory Research

  3. Medical Anthropology in Health Care Settings

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