The anthropology of health and healing
By: Mari Womack.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780759110434; 9780759110441; 9780759118614
Subjects: Medical anthropology; Public health -- Anthropological aspects; Human body -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The psychobiology of health and healing; title: Models of the body, the self, and the human experience; title: Constructing gender: the body in social context; title: The biology of psychology and the psychology of biology; title: Metaphor, labeling theory, and the placebo effect; title: Maintaining health and healing the whole person; title: The human life cycle: coming of age; title: The human life cycle: the reproductive years; title: The human life cycle: growing old and growing good; title: Lifestyle and health; title: Models of diagnosis and treatment; title: Biomedicine and the scientific approach; title: Restoring the balance: Asian models of health and healing; title: Calling on the spirits: shamans, sorcerers, and mediums; title: The emerging field of integrative medicine; title: Contemporary issues in health and healing; title: The social context of epidemics; title: Medicines, herbs, and dietary supplements; title: Public policy and health care delivery systems.