Medical Anthropology : A Bio Cultural Discipline

Contents Preface. Introduction. 1. Medical anthropology scope perspectives and methodology. 2. History of human diseases and medical inventions. 3. Anthropological epidemiology. 4. Medical pluralism. 5. Disease causation transmission and prevention. 6. The Shaman the divine healers and ethnomedicine. 7. The role anthropology in health and illness. 8. Medical statistics. Glossary of terms. References. Medical Anthropology is a branch of anthropology. It is a bio cultural discipline concerned with both the biological and socio cultural aspects of human behaviour related to health and disease. With the emergence of Medical anthropology the distinction between the usage of the terms disease and illness was made possible. This differentiation is a significant anthropological contribution. This book basically deals with the definitions meaning and scope of the subject matter in the introductory chapters. Subsequent chapters deal with the history of diseases medical inventions medical pluralism and the relation between anthropology and epidemiology besides ethno medicine the Shaman disease transmission models and medical statistics. This book is intended to be of interest to all those who are interested to learn about health disease and illness especially those in the disciplines of anthropology and sociology. 226 pp.…