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Table of contents:
Chapter One The Ecology of Health and Disease
Environment, Culture, and Health
Anthropological Subdisciplines and Medical Anthropology
PROFILE: Arctic Adaptations
A Working Model of Ecology and Health
Recommended Readings
Chapter Two Research Methods in Health Problems
Anthropological Approaches to the Use of Medicinal Plants
Bioenvironmental Data
PROFILE: Cannibal Mourners
Clinical Data
Epidemiological Data
Social and Cultural Data
Recommended Readings
Chapter Three Human Biocultural Diversity and Health
Evolution and Biological Diversity
Human Immune Systems and Defense Against Disease
Mutation, Genetic Change, and Disease Resistance
PROFILE: Malaria and African Agriculture
Evolution and Medicine
Skin Color and Adaptation
Recommended Readings
Chapter Four The Prehistory of Disease
Paleopathology: The Study of Disease in Prehistory
Nutrition and the Transition to Agriculture
PROFILE: Dry Bones: Health in Southwestern Prehistory
Beyond the Skeleton: Icemen and Mummies
Daily Life in the Past: Clues from the Skeleton
Violence and Inequality
The Emergence of Cities
Forensic Anthropology: Contemporary Applications
Recommended Readings
Chapter Five Emerging Diseases of the 21st Century
The Ecology of Disease in the Anthropocene
PROFILE: The Medical Ecology of Cholera in Ecuador
Emerging Diseases in Aging Populations
Recommended Readings
Chapter Six Changing Population and Environmental Hazards Throughout Human History
The Anthropological Study of Population
PROFILE: Stress, Alcohol, and Demographic Change in Northern Siberia
Environmental Trauma in Industrial Societies
Recommended Readings
Chapter Seven Human Reproduction as a Biocultural Process
Evolutionary and Ecological Influences on Reproduction
Pregnancy
PROFILE: Three Birth Stories
Care Providers in Pregnancy and Birth
Birth Alternatives
Maternal Mortality
Toward an Ecology of Birth
Recommended Readings
Chapter Eight The Ecology of Nutrition
Human Nutritional Requirements
Subsistence by Hunting and Gathering
Subsistence in the Humid Tropics
Agriculture
PROFILE: Local Differences in Iodine Deficiency Goiter in the Western Himalaya
Industrial Agriculture
The Anthropology of Food and Cooking
Food, Medicine, or Drug?
Recommended Readings
Chapter Nine The Global Economy of Food: Stuffed or Starved
Globalization and Food Systems
The Obesity Epidemic: Alternative Interpretations
Nutrition and Child Growth
Food Insecurity
PROFILE: Famine in Ethiopia
Recommended Readings
Chapter Ten Stress, Trauma, and Mental Illness
Responding to Trauma: The Stress Concept
Understanding the Physiology of Stress
Can Stress Induce Healing?
Biomarkers of Stress
Stress and Psychiatric Disorders
PROFILE: Legacies of War
Culture-Bound Syndromes
Resilience: A Buffer Against Stress
Stress and Evolutionary Adaptedness
Recommended Readings
Chapter Eleven Health Resources for Vulnerable Populations
Change and Vulnerability
Repercussions of Culture Contact on Health in the Arctic
PROFILE: Culture Change and Inuit Health: Two Families
Health Care for Displaced Populations
Medical Pluralism
Health Disparities
Living with Disability and Coping with Vulnerability
Recommended Readings
Chapter Twelve Health Costs and Benefits of Globalization
Spirit Possession and Responses to Industrialization in Malaysia
Globalization and Health
Evaluating the Health Effects of Agricultural Development
Strategies for Improving Health
Paying the Costs of Industrial Development
PROFILE: Hazardous Waste and the Mohawks at Akwesasne
Recommended Readings
Chapter Thirteen First, Do No Harm: Ethics in Medical Anthropology
Medical Anthropology and Bioethics
PROFILE: Using Anthropological Methods to Understand Condom Use for Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention in the Inner City
Difficulties in Following Bioethical Regulations in Anthropological Research
Ethical Dilemmas in the Field
Ethical Regulation and Conflicts in Anthropology
Activism, Engaged Anthropology, and Participatory Research
Recommended Readings
Chapter Fourteen Applying Medical Anthropology in Health Careers
Medical Anthropologists in International Health
Career Paths in Medical Anthropology
PROFILE: Learning Field Methods in Costa Rica
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