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The anthropology of health and healing
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Title
The anthropology of health and healing / Mari Womack.
ISBN
9780759110434 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759110433 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759110441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0759110441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780759118614 (electronic)
0759118612 (electronic)
Published
Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, c2010.
Physical Description
xv, 367 p. ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 01, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The psychobiology of health and healing
Models of the body, the self, and the human experience
Constructing gender: the body in social context
The biology of psychology and the psychology of biology
Metaphor, labeling theory, and the placebo effect
Maintaining health and healing the whole person
The human life cycle: coming of age
The human life cycle: the reproductive years
The human life cycle: growing old and growing good
Lifestyle and health
Models of diagnosis and treatment
Biomedicine and the scientific approach
Restoring the balance: Asian models of health and healing
Calling on the spirits: shamans, sorcerers, and mediums
The emerging field of integrative medicine
Contemporary issues in health and healing
The social context of epidemics
Medicines, herbs, and dietary supplements
Public policy and health-care delivery systems.
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