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Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective
Taschenbuch von Ann McElroy (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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"Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective" presents human health and nutrition from a perspective that recognizes the overlapping and synergistic functions of biology, behavior, and environment. A classic in medical anthropology, this remains one of the fundamental texts in the field.
Dale Hutchinson, University of North Carolina
McElroy and Townsend s text captures the breadth and depth of medical anthropology, expertly weaving content with case studies. They carefully highlight how power and access to resources are fundamental concerns in anthropological and ecological approaches to health and illness. An excellent resource for students interested in biocultural approaches to understanding our current health and healthcare challenges.
K. Jill Fleuriet, University of Texas San Antonio
Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks confirm the continued importance of the ecological perspective of medical anthropology as a field of study. In "Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective," authors Ann McElroy and Patricia K. Townsend integrate biocultural, environmental, and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health, providing a complete and authoritative ecological perspective that is essential for interpreting medical anthropology. Research by biological anthropologists, archaeologists, and paleopathologists illuminates the history and prehistory of disease, along with coverage of contemporary health issues, both local and global. This sixth edition is thoroughly revised and updated, with expanded discussion on the interaction of environment and infectious disease; new material on climate change, globalization, and the effects of war on physical and mental health; and an entirely new chapter on ethics in medical anthropology.
Ann McElroy is associate professor emerita of anthropology at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. She has done research in Nunavut, Canada, for the past forty-seven years and is the author of Nunavut Generations: Change and Continuity in Baffin Island Inuit Communities (Waveland Press, 2008).
Patricia K. Townsend is research associate professor at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. Her most recent book is Environmental Anthropology: From Pigs to Policies (Waveland Press, Second Edition, 2009). She has done fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, Peru, and at Superfund sites in the United States.
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"Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective" presents human health and nutrition from a perspective that recognizes the overlapping and synergistic functions of biology, behavior, and environment. A classic in medical anthropology, this remains one of the fundamental texts in the field.
Dale Hutchinson, University of North Carolina
McElroy and Townsend s text captures the breadth and depth of medical anthropology, expertly weaving content with case studies. They carefully highlight how power and access to resources are fundamental concerns in anthropological and ecological approaches to health and illness. An excellent resource for students interested in biocultural approaches to understanding our current health and healthcare challenges.
K. Jill Fleuriet, University of Texas San Antonio
Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks confirm the continued importance of the ecological perspective of medical anthropology as a field of study. In "Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective," authors Ann McElroy and Patricia K. Townsend integrate biocultural, environmental, and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health, providing a complete and authoritative ecological perspective that is essential for interpreting medical anthropology. Research by biological anthropologists, archaeologists, and paleopathologists illuminates the history and prehistory of disease, along with coverage of contemporary health issues, both local and global. This sixth edition is thoroughly revised and updated, with expanded discussion on the interaction of environment and infectious disease; new material on climate change, globalization, and the effects of war on physical and mental health; and an entirely new chapter on ethics in medical anthropology.
Ann McElroy is associate professor emerita of anthropology at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. She has done research in Nunavut, Canada, for the past forty-seven years and is the author of Nunavut Generations: Change and Continuity in Baffin Island Inuit Communities (Waveland Press, 2008).
Patricia K. Townsend is research associate professor at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. Her most recent book is Environmental Anthropology: From Pigs to Policies (Waveland Press, Second Edition, 2009). She has done fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, Peru, and at Superfund sites in the United States.
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Über den Autor
Ann McElroy
Inhaltsverzeichnis
About the Authors and Contributors Preface Chapter One: The Ecology Of Health And Disease Environment, Culture, and Health Profile: Arctic Adaptations by Ann McElroy A Working Model of Ecology and Health Recommended Readings Chapter Two: Research Methods In Health Problems Anthropological Approaches to the Use of Medicinal Plants Bio-Environmental Data Profile: Cannibal Mourners by Patricia K. Townsend Clinical Data Epidemiological Data Social and Cultural Data Recommended Readings Chapter Three: Human Biocultural Diversity And Health Evolution and Biological Diversity Human Immune Systems and Defense against Disease Mutation, Genetic Change, and Disease Resistance Profile: Malaria And African Agriculture by Ann McElroy Evolution and Medicine Skin Color and Adaptation Recommended Readings Chapter Four: The Prehistory Of Disease Paleopathology: The Study of Disease in Prehistory Nutrition and the Transition to Agriculture Profile: Dry Bones: Health in Southwestern Prehistory by Patricia K. Townsend Beyond the Skeleton: Icemen and Mummies Daily Life in the Past: Clues from the Skeleton Violence and Inequality The Emergence of Cities Forensic anthropology: contemporary applications Recommended Readings Chapter Five: Emerging Diseases Of The 21st Century The Ecology of Disease in the Anthropocene Profile: The Medical Ecology of Cholera in Ecuador by Linda Whiteford Emerging Diseases in Aging Populations Recommended Readings Chapter Six: Changing Population and Environmental Hazards The Study of Population Profile: Stress, Alcohol, and Demographic Change in Northern Siberia by John P. Ziker Environmental Trauma in Industrial Societies Recommended Readings Chapter Seven: Human Reproduction as a Biocultural Process Evolutionary and Ecological Influences on Reproduction Pregnancy Profile: Three Birth Stories by Care Providers in Pregnancy and Birth Birth Alternatives Maternal Mortality Towards an Ecology of Birth Recommended Readings Chapter Eight: The Ecology of Nutrition Human Nutritional Requirements Subsistence by Hunting and Gathering Subsistence in the Humid Tropics Agriculture Profile: Local Differences in Iodine Deficiency Goiter in the Western Himalaya by Richard V. Lee Industrial Agriculture The Anthropology of Food and Cooking Food, Medicine, or Drug? Recommended Readings Chapter Nine: The Global Economy of Food: Stuffed or Starved Globalization and Food Systems The Obesity Epidemic: Alternative Interpretation Nutrition and Child Growth Food Insecurity Profile: Famine in Ethiopia by Patricia K. Townsend Recommended Readings Chapter Ten: Stress, Trauma, and Mental Illness Responding to Trauma: the Stress Concept Understanding the Physiology of Stress Can Stress Induce Healing? Biomarkers of Stress Stress and Psychiatric Disorders Profile: Legacies of War by Culture-Bound Syndromes Resilience: A Buffer Against Stress Stress and Evolutionary Adaptedness Recommended Readings Chapter Eleven: Health Resources for Vulnerable Populations Change and Vulnerability Repercussions of Culture Contact on Health in the Arctic Profile: Culture Change and Inuit Health: Two Families by Ann McElroy Health Care for Displaced Populations Medical Pluralism Health Disparities Living with Disability and Coping with Vulnerability Recommended Readings Chapter Twelve: Health Costs and Benefits of Globalization Spirit Possession in a Malaysian Factory Globalization and Health Evaluating the Health Effects of Agricultural Development Strategies for Improving Health Paying the Costs of Industrial Development Profile: Hazardous Waste and the Mohawks at Akwesasne by Patricia K. Townsend Recommended Readings Chapter Thirteen: First, Do No Harm: Ethics in Medical Anthropology Medical Anthropology and Bioethics Profile: Using Anthropological Methods to Understand Condom Use for STI Prevention in the Inner City by Pamela I. Erickson Difficulties in Following Bioethical Regulations in Anthropological Research Ethical Dilemmas in the Field Ethical Regulation and Conflicts in Anthropology Activism, Engaged Anthropology, and Participatory Research Recommended Readings Chapter Fourteen: Applying Medical Anthropology in Health Careers Medical Anthropologists in International Health Career Paths in Medical Anthropology Profile: Learning Field Methods in Costa Rica by Nancy Romero-Daza and David A. Himmelgreen Recommended Readings References Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Völkerkunde
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Völkerkunde
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 400
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780813348872
ISBN-10: 0813348870
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: McElroy, Ann
Townsend, Patricia K
Auflage: 6th edition
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis
Maße: 226 x 152 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Ann McElroy (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2015
Gewicht: 0,558 kg
preigu-id: 105239164
Über den Autor
Ann McElroy
Inhaltsverzeichnis
About the Authors and Contributors Preface Chapter One: The Ecology Of Health And Disease Environment, Culture, and Health Profile: Arctic Adaptations by Ann McElroy A Working Model of Ecology and Health Recommended Readings Chapter Two: Research Methods In Health Problems Anthropological Approaches to the Use of Medicinal Plants Bio-Environmental Data Profile: Cannibal Mourners by Patricia K. Townsend Clinical Data Epidemiological Data Social and Cultural Data Recommended Readings Chapter Three: Human Biocultural Diversity And Health Evolution and Biological Diversity Human Immune Systems and Defense against Disease Mutation, Genetic Change, and Disease Resistance Profile: Malaria And African Agriculture by Ann McElroy Evolution and Medicine Skin Color and Adaptation Recommended Readings Chapter Four: The Prehistory Of Disease Paleopathology: The Study of Disease in Prehistory Nutrition and the Transition to Agriculture Profile: Dry Bones: Health in Southwestern Prehistory by Patricia K. Townsend Beyond the Skeleton: Icemen and Mummies Daily Life in the Past: Clues from the Skeleton Violence and Inequality The Emergence of Cities Forensic anthropology: contemporary applications Recommended Readings Chapter Five: Emerging Diseases Of The 21st Century The Ecology of Disease in the Anthropocene Profile: The Medical Ecology of Cholera in Ecuador by Linda Whiteford Emerging Diseases in Aging Populations Recommended Readings Chapter Six: Changing Population and Environmental Hazards The Study of Population Profile: Stress, Alcohol, and Demographic Change in Northern Siberia by John P. Ziker Environmental Trauma in Industrial Societies Recommended Readings Chapter Seven: Human Reproduction as a Biocultural Process Evolutionary and Ecological Influences on Reproduction Pregnancy Profile: Three Birth Stories by Care Providers in Pregnancy and Birth Birth Alternatives Maternal Mortality Towards an Ecology of Birth Recommended Readings Chapter Eight: The Ecology of Nutrition Human Nutritional Requirements Subsistence by Hunting and Gathering Subsistence in the Humid Tropics Agriculture Profile: Local Differences in Iodine Deficiency Goiter in the Western Himalaya by Richard V. Lee Industrial Agriculture The Anthropology of Food and Cooking Food, Medicine, or Drug? Recommended Readings Chapter Nine: The Global Economy of Food: Stuffed or Starved Globalization and Food Systems The Obesity Epidemic: Alternative Interpretation Nutrition and Child Growth Food Insecurity Profile: Famine in Ethiopia by Patricia K. Townsend Recommended Readings Chapter Ten: Stress, Trauma, and Mental Illness Responding to Trauma: the Stress Concept Understanding the Physiology of Stress Can Stress Induce Healing? Biomarkers of Stress Stress and Psychiatric Disorders Profile: Legacies of War by Culture-Bound Syndromes Resilience: A Buffer Against Stress Stress and Evolutionary Adaptedness Recommended Readings Chapter Eleven: Health Resources for Vulnerable Populations Change and Vulnerability Repercussions of Culture Contact on Health in the Arctic Profile: Culture Change and Inuit Health: Two Families by Ann McElroy Health Care for Displaced Populations Medical Pluralism Health Disparities Living with Disability and Coping with Vulnerability Recommended Readings Chapter Twelve: Health Costs and Benefits of Globalization Spirit Possession in a Malaysian Factory Globalization and Health Evaluating the Health Effects of Agricultural Development Strategies for Improving Health Paying the Costs of Industrial Development Profile: Hazardous Waste and the Mohawks at Akwesasne by Patricia K. Townsend Recommended Readings Chapter Thirteen: First, Do No Harm: Ethics in Medical Anthropology Medical Anthropology and Bioethics Profile: Using Anthropological Methods to Understand Condom Use for STI Prevention in the Inner City by Pamela I. Erickson Difficulties in Following Bioethical Regulations in Anthropological Research Ethical Dilemmas in the Field Ethical Regulation and Conflicts in Anthropology Activism, Engaged Anthropology, and Participatory Research Recommended Readings Chapter Fourteen: Applying Medical Anthropology in Health Careers Medical Anthropologists in International Health Career Paths in Medical Anthropology Profile: Learning Field Methods in Costa Rica by Nancy Romero-Daza and David A. Himmelgreen Recommended Readings References Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Völkerkunde
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Völkerkunde
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 400
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780813348872
ISBN-10: 0813348870
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: McElroy, Ann
Townsend, Patricia K
Auflage: 6th edition
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis
Maße: 226 x 152 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Ann McElroy (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2015
Gewicht: 0,558 kg
preigu-id: 105239164
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