ISBN:
9780723607038
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0723607036
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (2310 KB, 254 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction
Parallel Title:
Print version Culture, Health and Illness
Keywords:
Social Medicine
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Sociology, Medical
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Culture, Health and Illness
Abstract:
Culture, Health and Illness
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Culture, Health and Illness: An Introduction for Health Professionals; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. Introduction: The Scope of Medical Anthropology; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 2. Cultural Definitions of Anatomy and Physiology; THE SHAPE, SIZE, CLOTHING AND SURFACE OF THE BODY; THE INNER STRUCTURE OF THE BODY; THE FUNCTIONING OF THE BODY; BALANCE AND IMBALANCE; THE 'PLUMBING' MODEL OF THE BODY; THE BODY AS MACHINE; THE BODY DURING PREGNANCY; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 3. Diet and Nutrition; 'FOOD' VERSUS 'NON-FOOD'
Description / Table of Contents:
'SACRED' VERSUS 'PROFANE' FOODSPARALLEL FOOD CLASSIFICATIONS; FOOD AS MEDICINE, MEDICINE AS FOOD; SOCIAL FOODS; CULTURE AND MALNUTRITION; DIET AND CANCER; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 4. Caring and Curing; SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PLURALISM; THE THREE SECTORS OF HEALTH CARE; THERAPEUTIC NETWORKS; MEDICAL PLURALISM IN BRITAIN; MEDICAL PLURALISM IN BRITAIN: THE RANGE OF HEALERS; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 5. Doctor-Patient Interactions; 'DISEASE'-THE DOCTOR'S PERSPECTIVE; 'ILLNESS'-THE PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE; BECOMING 'ILL'; THE EXPLANATORY MODEL; FOLK ILLNESSES
Description / Table of Contents:
LAY THEORIES OF ILLNESS CAUSATIONTHE DOCTOR-PATIENT CONSULTATION; PROBLEMS OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT CONSULTATION; THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP: STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 6. Pain and Culture; PAIN BEHAVIOUR; PRIVATE PAIN; PUBLIC PAIN; SOCIAL ASPECTS OF PAIN; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 7. Culture and Pharmacology; THE 'TOTAL DRUG EFFECT'; THE PLACEBO EFFECT; DRUG DEPENDENCE AND ADDICTION; ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE; SMOKING BEHAVIOUR; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 8. Ritual and the Management of Misfortune; WHAT IS RITUAL?; THE SYMBOLS OF RITUAL; THE TYPES OF RITUAL
Description / Table of Contents:
THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF RITUALTHE FUNCTIONS OF RITUAL; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 9. Trans cultural Psychiatry; 'NORMALITY' VERSUS 'ABNORMALITY'; THE COMPARISON OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS; CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; CULTURAL PATTERNING OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS; CULTURE-BOUND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS; CULTURAL HEALING OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS; MIGRATION AND MENTAL ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 10. Cultural Aspects of Stress; THE NATURE OF 'STRESS'; RELATION OF STRESSORS TO STRESS RESPONSE; STRESS AND LIFE CHANGES
Description / Table of Contents:
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE STRESS RESPONSE'CULTUROGENIC' STRESS: SOME EXAMPLES; STRESS AND MIGRATION; Recommended Reading; CHAPTER 11. Cultural Factors in Epidemiology; CULTURE AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTORS IN THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISEASE; VARIATIONS IN MEDICAL TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS; Recommended Reading; APPENDIX: Clinical Questionnaires; References; Index
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