Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology, Health and Illness in the World's Cultures Topics - Volume 1; Cultures - Volume 2

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.

The encyclopedia consists of two volumes: Topics and Cultures.
Volume 1, Topics covers:

Table of contents
Preface. General Concepts And Perspectives. Theoretical and Applied Issues in Cross-Cultural Health Research; E.J. Sobo. Cognitive Medical Anthropology; L.C. Garro. Critical Medical Anthropology; M. Singer. Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives; A. McElroy. Forensic Anthropology; D.H. Ubelaker. Illness Narratives; R. Loewe. Paleopathology and the Study of Ancient Remains; M.R. Zimmerman. Psychoanalysis and Anthropology; W.H. Kracke. Medical Systems. Bioethics; E.J. Gordon. Biomedical Technologies; M. Lock. Biomedicine; A.D. Gaines, R. Davis-Floyd. Medical Pluralism; H.A. Baer. Medicalization and the Naturalization of Social Control; M. Lock. Phenomenology of Health and Illness; G. Becker. Possession and Trance; E. Bourguignon. Shamanism; M. Winkelman. Political, Economic, And Social Issues. Disasters; J. Glittenberg. Health and Economic Development; A. Castro, P. Farmer. Homelessness; I. Glasser, R. Bridgman. Nutrition and Health; G. Roos. Post-Colonial Development and Health; S. Ferzacca. Refugee Health; P.A Allotey. Social Stratification and Health in the Westen Context; A. Sinha, T. Gibbs. Urban Poor: Health Issues; D. Easton. Sexuality, Reproduction, And The Life Cycle. Aging; J. Sokolovsky. Birth; C. Sargent. Breast Feeding; W.R. Trevathan. Child Growth; B. Bogin. Dying and Death; S.R. Kaufman. Female Genital Cutting; B. Shell-Duncan, Y. Hernlund. Immunization: global programs, local acceptance and resistance; A. Hardon. Population Control; R.J. Meier. Reproductive health; A. Whittaker. Health Conditions And Diseases. Alcohol Use; D.B. Heath, I. Glasser. Child Abuse and Neglect; J.E. Korbin. Cholera and Other Water-borne Diseases; L.M. Whiteford. Chronic Diseases of Aging; C. Hagan Hennessy. Culture Bound Syndromes; L.A. Rebhun. Culture, Stress, and Cardiovascular Disease; W.W. Dressler. Diabetes Mellitus; L.S. Lieberman. Diarrhea; E.A. Berlin. Disability/difference; R.P. Shuttleworth. Drug Use; J.B. Page. Emerging Infectious Diseases; Vinh-Kim Nguyen. Genetic Disease I: History and Mechanisms; L.L. Mai. Genetic Diseases II: Genetic Epidemiology of 150 Common or Informative Diseases; L.L. Mai. HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention; J.W. Carey, E. Picone-DeCaro, M. Spink Neumann, D. Schwartz, D. Easton, D. Cobb St. John. Malaria and Other Major Insect Vector Diseases; J. Coreil. Mental Disorders; A. Cohen. Mental Retardation; F.J. Meaney. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(SIDS or Cot death); J.J. McKenna. Tobacco Use in Medical Anthropological Perspective; M. Singer. Tuberculosis Research and Control; R. Shrestha-Kuwahara, M. Wilce, H.A. Joseph, J.W. Carey, R. Plank, E. Sumartojo. Health And Illness In The World's Cultures. African Americans; E.J. Bailey. Amish; L.P. Greksa, J.E. Korbin. Argentine Toba; C.R. Valeggia, F. Tola. Badaga; P. Hockings. Bangladeshis; D.J. Holman, K.A. O'Connor. Baliem Valley Dani; L. Butt. British; I. Shaw, L. Woodward. Burmese; M. Skidmore. Cree; N. Adelson. Czechs; Z. Salzmann. Datoga; A. Blystad, O.B. Rekdal. Fore; D.J. Boyd. French; M. Lampl. Fulani; K.R. Hampshire. Garhwalis; S. Kedia. Garifuna; N.L. Gonzalez, G. Castillo. Greeks; E. Georges. Hadza; F. Marlowe. Haitians; R. Lawless. Han; Xingwu Liu. Hausa; M. Last. Hmong in Laos and the United States; K. Culhane-Pera, D. Cha, P. Kunstadter. Iroquois; B.W. Lex, T.S. Abler. Jamaican Maroons; G. Brandon. Japanese; D. Saint Arnault. Jat; S.K. Khanna. Lijiang Naxi; S. Davant White. Malagasy; J. Harper. Maori; M. Durie. Matsigenka; C. Izquierdo, G.H. Shepard Jr. Maya of Highland Mexico; E.A. Berlin, B. Berlin, J.R. Stepp. Malays; R. Provencher. Mongolian; D.J. Hruschka, B.A. Kohrt. Nahua; B.R. Huber. Navajo; J. McCloskey. Nepalese; G.G. Maskarinec. Northwest Coast; P.H. Stephenson, S. Acheson. Ojibwa; L.C. Garro. Oklahoma Choctaw; J.N. Henderson, L. Carson Henderson. Roma of the United States and Europe; A. Hartley Sutherland. Samoans; J.R. Bindon. Saraguro; R. Finerman. Shipibo; W.M. Hern. Sotho; N. Romero-Daza, D. Himmelgreen. Sudanese; R.M. Abusharaf. Thai; C. Lyttleton. Tongans; B. Burns McGrath. Trobriand; J. Bouton Crain, A.C. Darrah, L. Silipolakapulapola Digim'Rina. Tuareg; S.J. Rasmussen. Wape; W.E. Mitchell. Yanomamö; J. Kuzara, R. Hames. Yoruba; N.H. Wolff.