Culture and health : applying medical anthropology / Michael Winkelman.

Author/creator Winkelman, Michael
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoSan Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2009.
Descriptionxxv, 480 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Applied medical anthropology and health care -- Disease, illness, sickness, and the sick role -- Cultural competence in health care -- Cultural systems models -- Ethnomedical systems and health care sectors -- Transcultural psychiatry and indigenous psychology -- Medical-ecological approaches to health -- Political economy and critical medical anthropology -- Psychobiological dynamics of health -- The shamanic paradigm of ethnomedicine.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [437]-460) and index.
LCCN 2008041500
ISBN9780470283554 (pbk.)
ISBN0470283556 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GN 296 .W56 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold