Ann McElroy, Patricia K Townsend

Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

In this premier teaching text, authors Ann McElroy and Patricia K. Townsend integrate biocultural, environmental, and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health, providing a complete and authoritative ecological perspective that is essential for interpreting medical anthropology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 6 ed
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9780813348872
• ISBN-10: 0813348870
• Artikelnr.: 41092031

Autorenporträt

Ann McElroy

Inhaltsangabe

About the Authors and Contributors Preface Chapter One: The Ecology Of
Health And Disease Environment, Culture, and Health Profile: Arctic
Adaptations by Ann McElroy A Working Model of Ecology and Health
Recommended Readings Chapter Two: Research Methods In Health Problems
Anthropological Approaches to the Use of Medicinal Plants Bio-Environmental
Data Profile: Cannibal Mourners by Patricia K. Townsend Clinical Data
Epidemiological Data Social and Cultural Data Recommended Readings Chapter
Three: Human Biocultural Diversity And Health Evolution and Biological
Diversity Human Immune Systems and Defense against Disease Mutation,
Genetic Change, and Disease Resistance Profile: Malaria And African
Agriculture by Ann McElroy Evolution and Medicine Skin Color and Adaptation
Recommended Readings Chapter Four: The Prehistory Of Disease
Paleopathology: The Study of Disease in Prehistory Nutrition and the
Transition to Agriculture Profile: Dry Bones: Health in Southwestern
Prehistory by Patricia K. Townsend Beyond the Skeleton: Icemen and Mummies
Daily Life in the Past: Clues from the Skeleton Violence and Inequality The
Emergence of Cities Forensic anthropology: contemporary applications
Recommended Readings Chapter Five: Emerging Diseases Of The 21st Century
The Ecology of Disease in the Anthropocene Profile: The Medical Ecology of
Cholera in Ecuador by Linda Whiteford Emerging Diseases in Aging
Populations Recommended Readings Chapter Six: Changing Population and
Environmental Hazards The Study of Population Profile: Stress, Alcohol, and
Demographic Change in Northern Siberia by John P. Ziker Environmental
Trauma in Industrial Societies Recommended Readings Chapter Seven: Human
Reproduction as a Biocultural Process Evolutionary and Ecological
Influences on Reproduction Pregnancy Profile: Three Birth Stories by Care
Providers in Pregnancy and Birth Birth Alternatives Maternal Mortality
Towards an Ecology of Birth Recommended Readings Chapter Eight: The Ecology
of Nutrition Human Nutritional Requirements Subsistence by Hunting and
Gathering Subsistence in the Humid Tropics Agriculture Profile: Local
Differences in Iodine Deficiency Goiter in the Western Himalaya by Richard
V. Lee Industrial Agriculture The Anthropology of Food and Cooking Food,
Medicine, or Drug? Recommended Readings Chapter Nine: The Global Economy of
Food: Stuffed or Starved Globalization and Food Systems The Obesity
Epidemic: Alternative Interpretation Nutrition and Child Growth Food
Insecurity Profile: Famine in Ethiopia by Patricia K. Townsend Recommended
Readings Chapter Ten: Stress, Trauma, and Mental Illness Responding to
Trauma: the Stress Concept Understanding the Physiology of Stress Can
Stress Induce Healing? Biomarkers of Stress Stress and Psychiatric
Disorders Profile: Legacies of War by Culture-Bound Syndromes Resilience: A
Buffer Against Stress Stress and Evolutionary Adaptedness Recommended
Readings Chapter Eleven: Health Resources for Vulnerable Populations Change
and Vulnerability Repercussions of Culture Contact on Health in the Arctic
Profile: Culture Change and Inuit Health: Two Families by Ann McElroy
Health Care for Displaced Populations Medical Pluralism Health Disparities
Living with Disability and Coping with Vulnerability Recommended Readings
Chapter Twelve: Health Costs and Benefits of Globalization Spirit
Possession in a Malaysian Factory Globalization and Health Evaluating the
Health Effects of Agricultural Development Strategies for Improving Health
Paying the Costs of Industrial Development Profile: Hazardous Waste and the
Mohawks at Akwesasne by Patricia K. Townsend Recommended Readings Chapter
Thirteen: First, Do No Harm: Ethics in Medical Anthropology Medical
Anthropology and Bioethics Profile: Using Anthropological Methods to
Understand Condom Use for STI Prevention in the Inner City by Pamela I.
Erickson Difficulties in Following Bioethical Regulations in
Anthropological Research Ethical Dilemmas in the Field Ethical Regulation
and Conflicts in Anthropology Activism, Engaged Anthropology, and
Participatory Research Recommended Readings Chapter Fourteen: Applying
Medical Anthropology in Health Careers Medical Anthropologists in
International Health Career Paths in Medical Anthropology Profile: Learning
Field Methods in Costa Rica by Nancy Romero-Daza and David A. Himmelgreen
Recommended Readings References Index