Anthropology and international health : Asian case studies
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Anthropology and international health : Asian case studies
（Theory and practice in medical anthropology and international health / a series edited by Libbet Crandon-Malamud, v. 3）
Gordon and Breach, c1996
2nd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 19 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
1st ed. published in 1989 as "Anthropology and international health : South Asian case studies" by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordreht.
"Eight of the original eleven chapters from the first edition havebeen retained and five new chapters havebeen added."--Preface
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Recognizing the significance of cultural aspects in the practice of medicine, this book places a strong emphasis on the social structure, customs, and history of the indigenous population and its ramifications on health care providers. The book also considers the econo-cultural influences on the way medicine is practiced. By including chapters that focus on health care's sudden advent as commodity and the microeconomic approach to public funding for health care facilities, the Nichters explore a world in which money and patients' expectations play an ever increasing role in the way health care is provided.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Women's reproductive health: cultural notions of fertility in South Asia and their impact on Sri Lankan family planning practices
- modern methods of fertility regulation - when and for whom are they appropriate. Part 2 Child survival: acute respiratory illness - popular health culture and mother's knowledge in the Philippines. Part 3 Pharmaceutical practice: paying for what ails you - sociocultural issues influencing the ways and means of therapy payment in South India
- pharmaceuticals, the commodification of health, and the health care-medicine use transition. Part 4 Health service research and health communication: vaccinations in the Third World - a consideration of community demand. (Part contents).
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