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ISBN 10: 0190464496 
ISBN 13: 9780190464493
Author: Andrea S Wiley, John S Allen

Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach, Third Edition, offers an accessible and contemporary overview of this rapidly expanding field. For each health issue examined in the text, the authors first present basic biological information and then expand their analysis to include evolutionary, historical, and cross-cultural perspectives on how these issues emerged and are understood. Medical Anthropology considers how a biocultural approach can be applied to more effective prevention and treatment efforts and underscores medical anthropology’s potential to improve health around the world.

Medical Anthropology A Biocultural Approach 3rd Table of contents:

  • Part I: Basic Concepts in Medical Anthropology

    • Chapter 1: Introducing Medical Anthropology

      • What is Medical Anthropology?

      • Biocultural Approaches to Health

      • Why is Medical Anthropology Important?

      • Key Concepts: Disease, Illness, Sickness, Healing Systems

    • Chapter 2: Evolution, Health, and Disease

      • Evolutionary Medicine: Basic Principles

      • Discordance Theory

      • Life History Theory and Health

      • Infectious Disease and Evolution

      • Chronic Disease and Evolution

    • Chapter 3: Culture, Society, and Health

      • The Concept of Culture in Medical Anthropology

      • Health, Illness, and Social Systems

      • Ethnographic Methods in Medical Anthropology

      • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Healing

  • Part II: Human Biological Variation and Health

    • Chapter 4: Human Variation and Adaptation

      • Biological Adaptation to Environmental Stress (e.g., altitude, temperature)

      • Genetic Variation and Disease Susceptibility

      • Nutritional Adaptation and Its Consequences

    • Chapter 5: Race, Racism, and Health

      • The Biological vs. Social Construction of Race

      • Health Disparities and Social Inequality

      • Racism as a Determinant of Health

  • Part III: Health and Disease Across the Life Course

    • Chapter 6: Reproduction and Child Health

      • Evolutionary Perspectives on Reproduction

      • Cultural Practices of Childbirth and Infancy

      • Maternal and Child Health Disparities

    • Chapter 7: Growth, Development, and Adolescence

      • Biological and Social Influences on Growth

      • Puberty and Adolescent Health

      • Risk-Taking Behaviors in Adolescence

    • Chapter 8: Adulthood and Aging

      • The Biology of Aging

      • Cultural Meanings of Aging

      • Chronic Diseases of Adulthood

      • Health in Later Life

  • Part IV: Global Health Challenges

    • Chapter 9: Nutrition and Food Systems

      • Human Nutritional Needs

      • Food Insecurity and Malnutrition

      • Obesity and the Nutrition Transition

      • Global Food Systems and Health

    • Chapter 10: Infectious Diseases

      • Epidemiological Transitions

      • Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

      • Social and Cultural Aspects of Disease Transmission

      • Global Health Interventions for Infectious Diseases

    • Chapter 11: Chronic and Non-Communicable Diseases

      • The Rise of Chronic Diseases Globally

      • Social Determinants of Chronic Disease

      • Cultural Responses to Chronic Illness

    • Chapter 12: Mental Health

      • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Mental Illness

      • The Biocultural Basis of Mental Health

      • Stigma and Mental Illness

      • Global Mental Health Initiatives

  • Part V: Healing Systems and Interventions

    • Chapter 13: Traditional Healing Systems

      • Ethnomedicine and Folk Healing

      • Shamanism and Ritual Healing

      • Complementary and Alternative Medicine

    • Chapter 14: Biomedicine

      • The History and Philosophy of Western Biomedicine

      • Biomedicine as a Cultural System

      • Technology and Medical Practice

    • Chapter 15: Medical Pluralism and Health Policy

      • Negotiating Multiple Healing Systems

      • Health Policy and its Cultural Context

      • Medical Anthropology in Practice: Applied Roles

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