
Medical Anthropology
A Biocultural Approach
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 21. August 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
478 pages
978-0-19-530883-9 (ISBN)
Description
Intended as the primary text for introductory courses on medical anthropology, this text integrates human biological data relevant to health and disease with both evolutionary theory and the social environments that more often than not produce major challenges to health and survival. Students who take this fastest-growing anthropology course come from a variety of disciplines (anthropology, biology, especially pre-med students, and health sciences, especially), so
the text does not assume anything beyond a basic high-school level familiarity with human biology and anthropology. In addition to being the only current text that takes a biocultural approach, it provides a state-of-the-science review of selected topics and looks at the potential application of the
biocultural anthropological approach to health interventions/prevention. Among the topics covered are nutrition, infectious disease, stress, reproductive health, behavioral disease, aging, race/racism and health, mental health, and healers and healing.
the text does not assume anything beyond a basic high-school level familiarity with human biology and anthropology. In addition to being the only current text that takes a biocultural approach, it provides a state-of-the-science review of selected topics and looks at the potential application of the
biocultural anthropological approach to health interventions/prevention. Among the topics covered are nutrition, infectious disease, stress, reproductive health, behavioral disease, aging, race/racism and health, mental health, and healers and healing.
Reviews / Votes
It is interesting to read, and places the discipline in historical context. It is well written, and should become a standard text. * The Journal of Biosocial Science *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
50 halftones, 50 line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
655 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-530883-9 (9780195308839)
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Persons
Andrea S. Wiley is Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University, where she is also the Director of the Human Biology Lab. She is the author of numerous articles on medical anthropology and the recent book An Ecology of High-altitude Infancy: A Biocultural Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
John S. Allen is currently Research Scientist at the Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center and the Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, where he is also Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Anthropology. He has conducted medical anthropological research in Japan, Okinawa, New Zealand, Palau, and Papua New Guinea. He is the author of many articles on health, behavioral disease, and neuroscience, and is a co-author of Biological Anthropology: The Natural
History of Humankind (2nd edition) (Prentice-Hall, 2008).
John S. Allen is currently Research Scientist at the Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center and the Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, where he is also Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Anthropology. He has conducted medical anthropological research in Japan, Okinawa, New Zealand, Palau, and Papua New Guinea. He is the author of many articles on health, behavioral disease, and neuroscience, and is a co-author of Biological Anthropology: The Natural
History of Humankind (2nd edition) (Prentice-Hall, 2008).
Author
Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and AnthropologyProfessor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, James Madison University
Research Scientist, Department of NeurologyResearch Scientist, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics