Culture, health, and illness
Subtitle: an introduction for health professionals
By: Cecil G. Helman.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Medical anthropology; Social medicine
Description: Examines how different cultural, social or ethnic groups explain the causes of ill health, the types of treatment they believe in, and to whom they would turn if they were ill. This edition discusses clinically applied medical anthropology and includes case studies from around the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [398]-427) and index.