Culture, disease, and healing : studies in medical anthropology - 4 0 16; Landy, David; 5 (New York : Macmillan, 1977)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-559).
Also issued online.
Keywords: 2 -- 0; 6; Medical anthropology.;Traditional medicine.;Social medicine.;Culture.;Disease.;Social Medicine. -- 20; 20; Medical anthropology.;Social medicine.;Traditional medicine.;Culture.;Disease.;Social Medicine; 2