Medical anthropology - Couverture souple

Pool

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0335218504 ISBN 13 : 9780335218509

Editeur : Open University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Pool Robert Geissler Wenzel

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Medical anthropology is playing an increasingly important role in public health. This book provides an introduction to the basic concepts, approaches and theories used, and shows how these contribute to understanding complex health related behaviour. Public health policies and interventions are more likely to be effective if the beliefs and behaviour of people are understood and taken into account. The book examines:

• Concepts of culture
• Medical systems
• Patient's experience of illness and treatment
• The use of medicines and healing practices
• Public health and medical research

Examples of particular health problems, such as HIV and malaria, are used to show how an anthropological approach can contribute to both a better understanding of health and illness and to more culturally compatible public health measures.

Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Robert Pool and Wenzel Geissler are Senior Lecturers in Social Anthropology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Open University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0335218504
• ISBN 13: 9780335218509
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184