Title: Evolution of sickness and healing /
Authors: Fabrega, Horacio, 1934-
Publisher: University of California Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Social medicine; Medical anthropology.; Sick Psychology; Human evolution.; Disease psychology; Social Medicine history; History of Medicine
Contents: Ch. 1. The Need for Theory in the Study of Sickness and Healing -- Ch. 2. Origins of Sickness and Healing -- Ch. 3. Early Stages of the Evolution of Sickness and Healing -- Ch. 4. Later Stages of the Evolution of Sickness and Healing -- Ch. 5. Culture, Drugs, and Disorders of Habituation -- Ch. 6. Somatopsychic Disorders in an Evolutionary Context -- Ch. 7. Descriptive Parameters of Sickness and Healing -- Ch. 8. An Evolutionary Conception of Sickness and Healing -- Ch. 9. A Broad View of Medical Evolution -- Ch. 10. Implications of an Evolutionary Approach to Sickness and Healing -- Ch. 11. Toward an Evolutionary Philosophy of Medicine -- Appendix. Outline of the Evolution of Sickness and Healing.