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.
Author(s): Carol R. Ember
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 2944
Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Advisory Board......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Contents......Page 18
Glossary......Page 24
Volume I: Topics......Page 46
General Concepts and Perspectives......Page 48
Theoretical and Applied Issues in Cross-Cultural Health Research......Page 50
Cognitive Medical Anthropology......Page 59
Critical Medical Anthropology......Page 70
Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives......Page 78
Forensic Anthropology......Page 84
IIlness Narratives......Page 89
Paleopathology and the Study of Ancient Remains......Page 96
Psychoanalysis and Anthropology......Page 105
Medical Systems......Page 118
Bioethics......Page 120
Biomedical Technologies......Page 133
Biomedicine......Page 142
Medical Pluralism......Page 156
Medicalization and the Naturalization of Social Control......Page 163
Phenomenology of Health and Illness......Page 172
Possession and Trance......Page 184
Shamanism......Page 192
Political, Economic, and Social Issues......Page 202
Disasters......Page 204
Health and Economic Development......Page 211
Homelessness......Page 217
Nutrition and Health......Page 225
Post-Colonial Development and Health......Page 231
Refugee Health......Page 238
Social Stratification and Health in the Western Context......Page 245
The Urban Poor......Page 254
Sexuality, Reproduction, and the Life Cycle......Page 262
Aging......Page 264
Birth......Page 271
Breast-Feeding......Page 277
Child Growth......Page 282
Dying and Death......Page 291
Female Genital Cutting......Page 299
Immunization......Page 309
Population Control......Page 316
Reproductive Health......Page 327
Health Conditions and Diseases......Page 338
Alcohol Use......Page 340
Child Abuse and Neglect......Page 348
Cholera and other Water-Borne Diseases......Page 352
Chronic Diseases of Aging......Page 358
Culture-Bound Syndromes......Page 366
Culture, Stress, and Cardiovascular Disease......Page 375
Diabetes Mellitus and Medical Anthropology......Page 382
Diarrhea......Page 400
Disability/Difference......Page 407
Drug Use......Page 421
Emerging Infectious Diseases......Page 430
Genetic Disease I: History and Mechanisms......Page 438
Genetic Disease II......Page 454
HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention......Page 509
Malaria and other Major Insect Vector Diseases......Page 526
Mental Disorders......Page 533
Mental Retardation......Page 540
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS or Cot Death)......Page 553
Tobacco Use in Medical Anthropological Perspective......Page 565
Tuberculosis Research and Control......Page 575
Volume II: Cultures......Page 590
African Americans1......Page 592
Amish......Page 604
Argentine Toba......Page 611
Badaga......Page 619
Bangladeshis......Page 626
Baliem Valley Dani......Page 638
British......Page 646
Burmese......Page 654
Cree......Page 661
Czechs......Page 669
Datoga......Page 676
Fore......Page 685
French......Page 693
Fulani......Page 703
Garhwali......Page 711
Garifuna......Page 719
Greeks......Page 728
The Hadza......Page 736
Haitians......Page 743
Han......Page 750
Hausa......Page 765
Hmong in Laos and the United States......Page 776
Iroquois......Page 790
Jamaican Maroons......Page 801
Japanese......Page 812
Jat......Page 824
Lijiang Naxi......Page 830
Malagasy......Page 841
Malays......Page 851
Maori......Page 862
Matsigenka......Page 870
Maya of Highland Mexico......Page 885
Mongolia......Page 897
The Nahua1......Page 910
Navajo......Page 920
Nepal......Page 930
The Northwest Coast......Page 937
Ojibwa......Page 950
Oklahoma Choctaw......Page 962
Roma of the United States and Europe......Page 970
Samoa......Page 976
Saraguros......Page 984
Shipibo......Page 994
Sotho......Page 1004
Sudanese......Page 1011
Thai......Page 1018
Tongans......Page 1027
Trobriand......Page 1037
Tuareg......Page 1048
Wape......Page 1056
Yanomamö......Page 1064
Yoruba......Page 1076
Subject Index......Page 1088
Cultural and Alternative Names Index......Page 1116
Back Cover......Page 1119
