Encyclopedia of medical anthropology : health and illness in the world's cultures

Preface. General Concepts And Perspectives. Theoretical and Applied Issues in Cross-Cultural Health Research E.J. Sobo. Cognitive Medical Anthropology L.C. Garro. Critical Medical Anthropology M. Singer. Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives A. McElroy. Forensic Anthropology D.H. Ubelaker. Illness Narratives R. Loewe. Paleopathology and the Study of Ancient Remains M.R. Zimmerman. Psychoanalysis and Anthropology W.H. Kracke. Medical Systems. Bioethics E.J. Gordon. Biomedical Technologies M. Lock. Biomedicine A.D. Gaines, R. Davis-Floyd. Medical Pluralism H.A. Baer. Medicalization and the Naturalization of Social Control M. Lock. Phenomenology of Health and Illness G. Becker. Possession and Trance E. Bourguignon. Shamanism M. Winkelman. Political, Economic, And Social Issues. Disasters J. Glittenberg. Health and Economic Development A. Castro, P. Farmer. Homelessness I. Glasser, R. Bridgman. Nutrition and Health G. Roos. Post-Colonial Development and Health S. Ferzacca. Refugee Health P.A Allotey. Social Stratification and Health in the Westen Context A. Sinha, T. Gibbs. Urban Poor: Health Issues D. Easton. Sexuality, Reproduction, And The Life Cycle. Aging J. Sokolovsky. Birth C. Sargent. Breast Feeding W.R. Trevathan. Child Growth B. Bogin. Dying and Death S.R. Kaufman. Female Genital Cutting B. Shell-Duncan, Y. Hernlund. Immunization: global programs, local acceptance and resistance A. Hardon. Population Control R.J. Meier. Reproductive health A. Whittaker. Health Conditions And Diseases. Alcohol Use D.B. Heath, I. Glasser. Child Abuse and Neglect J.E. Korbin. Cholera and Other Water-borne Diseases L.M. Whiteford. Chronic Diseases of Aging C. Hagan Hennessy. Culture Bound Syndromes L.A. Rebhun. Culture, Stress, and Cardiovascular Disease W.W. Dressler. Diabetes Mellitus L.S. Lieberman. Diarrhea E.A. Berlin. Disability/difference R.P. Shuttleworth. Drug Use J.B. Page. Emerging Infectious Diseases Vinh-Kim Nguyen. Genetic Disease I: History and Mechanisms L.L. Mai. Genetic Diseases II: Genetic Epidemiology of 150 Common or Informative Diseases L.L. Mai. HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention J.W. Carey, E. Picone-DeCaro, M. Spink Neumann, D. Schwartz, D. Easton, D. Cobb St. John. Malaria and Other Major Insect Vector Diseases J. Coreil. Mental Disorders A. Cohen. Mental Retardation F.J. Meaney. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(SIDS or Cot death) J.J. McKenna. Tobacco Use in Medical Anthropological Perspective M. Singer. Tuberculosis Research and Control R. Shrestha-Kuwahara, M. Wilce, H.A. Joseph, J.W. Carey, R. Plank, E. Sumartojo. Health And Illness In The World's Cultures. African Americans E.J. Bailey. Amish L.P. Greksa, J.E. Korbin. Argentine Toba C.R. Valeggia, F. Tola. Badaga P. Hockings. Bangladeshis D.J. Holman, K.A. O'Connor. Baliem Valley Dani L. Butt. British I. Shaw, L. Woodward. Burmese M. Skidmore. Cree N. Adelson. Czechs Z. Salzmann. Datoga A. Blystad, O.B. Rekdal. Fore D.J. Boyd. French M. Lampl. Fulani K.R. Hampshire. Garhwalis S. Kedia. Garifuna N.L. Gonzalez, G. Castillo. Greeks E. Georges. Hadza F. Marlowe. Haitians R. Lawless. Han Xingwu Liu. Hausa M. Last. Hmong in Laos and the United States K. Culhane-Pera, D. Cha, P. Kunstadter. Iroquois B.W. Lex, T.S. Abler. Jamaican Maroons G. Brandon. Japanese D. Saint Arnault. Jat S.K. Khanna. Lijiang Naxi S. Davant White. Malagasy J. Harper. Maori M. Durie. Matsigenka C. Izquierdo, G.H. Shepard Jr. Maya of Highland Mexico E.A. Berlin, B. Berlin, J.R. Stepp. Malays R. Provencher. Mongolian D.J. Hruschka, B.A. Kohrt. Nahua B.R. Huber. Navajo J. McCloskey. Nepalese G.G. Maskarinec. Northwest Coast P.H. Stephenson, S. Acheson. Ojibwa L.C. Garro. Oklahoma Choctaw J.N. Henderson, L. Carson Henderson. Roma of the United States and Europe A. Hartley Sutherland. Samoans J.R. Bindon. Saraguro R. Finerman. Shipibo W.M. Hern. Sotho N. Romero-Daza, D. Himmelgreen. Sudanese R.M. Abusharaf. Thai C. Lyttleton. Tongans B. Burns McGrath. Trobriand J. Bouton Crain, A.C. Darrah, L. Silipolakapulapola Digim'Rina. Tuareg S.J. Rasmussen. Wape W.E. Mitchell. Yanomamo J. Kuzara, R. Hames. Yoruba N.H. Wolff.