Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 459 pages
• Published by: Oxford University Press January 2009
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0195308832
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195308839
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Product Review
"This text takes on the major medical issues that affect most human societies and shows their relevance in our own culture. I think this will attract students to the field of medical anthropology, as well as illustrate the importance of an anthropological/biocultural perspective in understanding the health of all people, including those in the US. This could be very powerful for students who plan to study medicine." - Barbara Piperata, Ohio State University

"Unusually clear descriptions of important definitions and processes. . . I would definitely like to adopt this text." - Christina von Mayrhauser, California State University, Northridge

"This text is very accessible and relevant to students outside of anthropology and I believe would be a more effective tool for demonstrating the interaction of culture, health, and the environment." - Jonathan Maupin, Vanderbilt University --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Intended as the primary text for introductory courses on medical anthropology, this text integrates human biological data relevant to health and disease with both evolutionary theory and the social environments that more often than not produce major challenges to health and survival. Students who take this fastest-growing anthropology course come from a variety of disciplines (anthropology, biology, especially pre-med students, and health sciences, especially), so the text does not assume anything beyond a basic high-school level familiarity with human biology and anthropology. In addition to being the only current text that takes a biocultural approach, it provides a state-of-the-science review of selected topics and looks at the potential application of the biocultural anthropological approach to health interventions/prevention. Among the topics covered are nutrition, infectious disease, stress, reproductive health, behavioral disease, aging, race/racism and health, mental health, and healers and healing.