Culture, disease, and healing : studies in medical anthropology / edited by David Landy. 6
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Language: Unknown language code Summary language: Unknown language code Original language: Unknown language code Series: ; New York : Macmillan, [1977];copyright 197746Edition: Description: 26 cm. xv, 559 p. : illContent type: text Media type: 2 Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0023673907;9780023673900ISSN: 2Other title: 6 []Uniform titles: | | Subject(s): -- 2 -- 0 -- -- | -- 2 -- 0 -- 6 -- | 2 0 -- | -- -- 20 -- | | -- -- Medical anthropology.;Traditional medicine.;Social medicine.;Culture.;Disease.;Social Medicine. -- -- 20 -- | -- -- -- 20 -- -- | Medical anthropology.;Social medicine.;Traditional medicine.;Culture.;Disease.;Social MedicineGenre/Form: -- 2 -- Additional physical formats: Culture, disease, and healing.DDC classification: | LOC classification: | GN296 | .C842Other classification: Also issued online.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Book | PLM | PLM Circulation Section | Circulation-Circulating | 362.1 L23 1977 (Browse shelf) | Available | C14111 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-559).
I. The field of medical anthropology -- II. Paleopathology -- III. Ecology and epidemiology of disease -- IV. Medical systems and theories of disease and healing -- V. Divination and diagnosis -- VI. Sorcery and witchcraft in sickness and in health -- VII. Public health and preventive medicine -- VIII. Anatomy, surgery, and the medical knowledge of preindustrial peoples -- IX. Obstetrics and population control -- X. Pain, stress, and death -- XI. Emotional states and cultural constraints -- XII. The patient : status and role -- XIII. The healers : statuses and roles -- XIV. Healers and medical systems in social and cultural change.
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