Table of contents

Preface to the 5th Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction: the scope of medical anthropology
Chapter 2: The body: cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology
Chapter 3: Diet and Nutrition
Chapter 4: Caring and curing: the sectors of health care
Chapter 5: Doctor-patient interactions
Chapter 6: Gender and reproduction
Chapter 7: Pain and culture
Chapter 8: Culture and pharmacology: drugs, alcohol and tobacco
Chapter 9: Ritual and the management of misfortune
Chapter 10: Cross-cultural psychiatry
Chapter 11: Cultural aspects of stress and suffering
Chapter 12: Migration, globalization and health
Chapter 13: Telemedicine and the internet
Chapter 14: New bodies, new selves: genetics and biotechnology
Chapter 15: Cultural factors in epidemiology
Chapter 16: The AIDS pandemic
Chapter 17: Tropical diseases: malaria and leprosy
Chapter 18: Medical anthropology and global health
Chapter 19: New research methods in medical anthropology
Appendix: Journals and websites
Author index
Subject index

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