Encyclopedia of medical anthropology : health and illness in the world's cultures / edited by Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ember, Carol R.

Ember, Melvin

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine--Encyclopedias.

Social medicine.

World health--Encyclopedias.

World health.

Medical anthropology--Encyclopedias.

Medical anthropology.

Medicine--Cross-cultural studies.

Medicine.

Health--Cross-cultural studies.

Health.

Diseases--Social aspects.

Diseases.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xliv, 1071 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004]

Summary:

Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is "culture bound" in our own medical belief and practice.

The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. No other single reference work comes close to marching the depth and breadth of information on the varying cultural background of health and illness around the world. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world.

The encyclopedia consists of two volumes: Topics and Cultures. Volume 1, Topics covers:

Contents:

v. 1. Topics

v. 2. Cultures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0306477548

OCLC:

52302157