Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures Topics - Volume 1; Cultures - Volume 2 (v. 1)

Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is "culture bound" in our own medical belief and practice. The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. No other single reference work comes close to marching the depth and breadth of information on the varying cultural background of health and illness around the world. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world. Cover......Page 1 Copyright......Page 5 Advisory Board......Page 6 Contributors......Page 8 Preface......Page 14 Contents......Page 18 Glossary......Page 24 Volume I: Topics......Page 46 General Concepts and Perspectives......Page 48 Theoretical and Applied Issues in Cross-Cultural Health Research......Page 50 Cognitive Medical Anthropology......Page 59 Critical Medical Anthropology......Page 70 Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives......Page 78 Forensic Anthropology......Page 84 IIlness Narratives......Page 89 Paleopathology and the Study of Ancient Remains......Page 96 Psychoanalysis and Anthropology......Page 105 Medical Systems......Page 118 Bioethics......Page 120 Biomedical Technologies......Page 133 Biomedicine......Page 142 Medical Pluralism......Page 156 Medicalization and the Naturalization of Social Control......Page 163 Phenomenology of Health and Illness......Page 172 Possession and Trance......Page 184 Shamanism......Page 192 Political, Economic, and Social Issues......Page 202 Disasters......Page 204 Health and Economic Development......Page 211 Homelessness......Page 217 Nutrition and Health......Page 225 Post-Colonial Development and Health......Page 231 Refugee Health......Page 238 Social Stratification and Health in the Western Context......Page 245 The Urban Poor......Page 254 Sexuality, Reproduction, and the Life Cycle......Page 262 Aging......Page 264 Birth......Page 271 Breast-Feeding......Page 277 Child Growth......Page 282 Dying and Death......Page 291 Female Genital Cutting......Page 299 Immunization......Page 309 Population Control......Page 316 Reproductive Health......Page 327 Health Conditions and Diseases......Page 338 Alcohol Use......Page 340 Child Abuse and Neglect......Page 348 Cholera and other Water-Borne Diseases......Page 352 Chronic Diseases of Aging......Page 358 Culture-Bound Syndromes......Page 366 Culture, Stress, and Cardiovascular Disease......Page 375 Diabetes Mellitus and Medical Anthropology......Page 382 Diarrhea......Page 400 Disability/Difference......Page 407 Drug Use......Page 421 Emerging Infectious Diseases......Page 430 Genetic Disease I: History and Mechanisms......Page 438 Genetic Disease II......Page 454 HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention......Page 509 Malaria and other Major Insect Vector Diseases......Page 526 Mental Disorders......Page 533 Mental Retardation......Page 540 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS or Cot Death)......Page 553 Tobacco Use in Medical Anthropological Perspective......Page 565 Tuberculosis Research and Control......Page 575 Volume II: Cultures......Page 590 African Americans1......Page 592 Amish......Page 604 Argentine Toba......Page 611 Badaga......Page 619 Bangladeshis......Page 626 Baliem Valley Dani......Page 638 British......Page 646 Burmese......Page 654 Cree......Page 661 Czechs......Page 669 Datoga......Page 676 Fore......Page 685 French......Page 693 Fulani......Page 703 Garhwali......Page 711 Garifuna......Page 719 Greeks......Page 728 The Hadza......Page 736 Haitians......Page 743 Han......Page 750 Hausa......Page 765 Hmong in Laos and the United States......Page 776 Iroquois......Page 790 Jamaican Maroons......Page 801 Japanese......Page 812 Jat......Page 824 Lijiang Naxi......Page 830 Malagasy......Page 841 Malays......Page 851 Maori......Page 862 Matsigenka......Page 870 Maya of Highland Mexico......Page 885 Mongolia......Page 897 The Nahua1......Page 910 Navajo......Page 920 Nepal......Page 930 The Northwest Coast......Page 937 Ojibwa......Page 950 Oklahoma Choctaw......Page 962 Roma of the United States and Europe......Page 970 Samoa......Page 976 Saraguros......Page 984 Shipibo......Page 994 Sotho......Page 1004 Sudanese......Page 1011 Thai......Page 1018 Tongans......Page 1027 Trobriand......Page 1037 Tuareg......Page 1048 Wape......Page 1056 Yanomamö......Page 1064 Yoruba......Page 1076 Subject Index......Page 1088 Cultural and Alternative Names Index......Page 1116 Back Cover......Page 1119 The encyclopedia is organized into two main sections: topics and cultures. The topics section covers general topics relating to medical anthropology such as medical systems; political, economic and social issues; sexuality, reproduction and the life cycle; and health conditions and diseases. The cultures section covers over 50 cultures from around the world and describes their health practices in detail, following a standard format to facilitate comparisons. -- Back cover.