Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Ethnomedicine (Health, Society and Culture)

First Published in 1992. The reader of this volume will see how a decade of new work has remade ethnomedicine into one of the livelier and more promising domains of anthropology. Nicthter's encompassing redefinition of the relationship of ethnomedicine to medical anthropology and his critical comments that introduce each chapter are bound to provoke discussion and response over the years to come. - Arthur Kleinman, MD Harvard Medical School. The Efficacy Of Ethnomedicine: Research Methods In Trouble / Robert Anderson -- An Epidemiological Description Of A Folk Ilness / Susan C. Weller, Trenton K. Ruebush Ii And Robert E. Klein -- Discourse, Daño And Healing In North Coastal Peru / Bonnie Glass-coffin -- Guardian Angels And Dirty Spirits / Paul E. Brodwin -- Deciding How To Decide / Chalres W/ Nuckolls -- Unclean Deeds: Menstrual Taboos And Binding Ties In Rural Jamaica / E.j. Sobo -- The Harp That Plays By Itself / Christopher C. Taylor -- The Production Of Self And Body In Sherpa-tibetan Society / Vincanne Adams -- Malay Medicine. Malay Person / Carol Laderman -- An Ayurvedic Theory Of Cancer / Margaret Trawick -- Ethnomedicine / Mark Nichter. Edited By Mark Nichter. Some Of The Essays In This Book Were First Published In Volume 13, Numbers 1-2 Of The Journal Medical Anthropology--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References.