MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY by Robert Pool, Wenzel Geissler ( 9780335218509 )

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MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

By:

Robert Pool, Wenzel Geissler

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0335218504

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9780335218509

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OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 September, 2005

Series:

UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Health & Social Welfare

Pages:

184

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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; and 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.

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