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Evolutionary medicine / edited by Wenda R. Trevathan, E. O. Smith, James J. McKenna.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diseases--Causes and theories of causation.
- Diseases.
- Human evolution.
- Medicine--Philosophy.
- Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 480 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Collecting work from leaders in the field, this volume describes approaches to human health that are based on an appreciation of our long evolutionary history.
- Contents:
- Foreword: Historical Overview; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Is Neonatal Jaundice a Disease or an Adaptive Process?; 2 Infant Crying Behavior and Colic: An Interpretation in Evolutionary Perspective; 3 Breastfeeding and Mother-Infant Cosleeping in Relation to SIDS Prevention; 4 Otitis Media: An Evolutionary Perspective; 5 The Evolutionary Ecology of Childhood Asthma; 6 Evolutionary Perspectives on the Onset of Puberty; 7 Incest Avoidance: Clinical Implications of the Evolutionary Perspective; 8 Evolutionary Obstetrics; 9 Darwinian Medicine and the Emergence of Allergy
- 10 Using Evolution as a Tool for Controlling Infectious Diseases 11 Evolutionary Control of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Viruses; 12 Paleolithic Nutrition Revisited; 13 Human Evolution, Low Back Pain, and Dual-Level Control; 14 What Darwinian Medicine Offers Psychiatry; 15 Evolution, Substance Abuse, and Addiction; 16 Menopause in Evolutionary Perspective; 17 Breast Cancer in Evolutionary Context; 18 Evolutionary Perspectives on Chronic Degenerative Diseases; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770096-9
- 1-280-45246-3
- 9786610452460
- 0-19-535600-4
- 1-60256-107-9
- OCLC:
- 475957698
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