Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367097905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 402 str.

Ann McElroy

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Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In this premier teaching text, authors Ann McElroy and Patricia K. Townsend integrate biocultural, environmental, and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health, providing a complete and authoritative ecological perspective that is essential for interpreting medical anthropology. Research by biological anthropologists, archaeologists, and paleopathologists illuminates the history and prehistory of disease, along with coverage of contemporary health issues, both local and global. This sixth edition is thoroughly revised and updated, with expanded discussion on the interaction of environment and infectious disease; new material on climate change, globalization, and the effects of war on physical and mental health; and an entirely new chapter on ethics in community health and medical anthropology. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective captures the essentials of the discipline and covers its ever-changing topics, trends, and developments in an engaging, accessible way.

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About the Authors and Contributors Preface Chapter One: The Ecology Of Health And Disease Environment, Culture, and Health Profile: Arctic Adaptations by Ann McElroy A Working Model of Ecology and Health Recommended Readings Chapter Two: Research Methods In Health Problems Anthropological Approaches to the Use of Medicinal Plants Bio-Environmental Data Profile: Cannibal Mourners by Patricia K. Townsend Clinical Data Epidemiological Data Social and Cultural Data Recommended Readings Chapter Three: Human Biocultural Diversity And Health Evolution and Biological Diversity Human Immune Systems and Defense against Disease Mutation, Genetic Change, and Disease Resistance Profile: Malaria And African Agriculture by Ann McElroy Evolution and Medicine Skin Color and Adaptation Recommended Readings Chapter Four: The Prehistory Of Disease Paleopathology: The Study of Disease in Prehistory Nutrition and the Transition to Agriculture Profile: Dry Bones: Health in Southwestern Prehistory by Patricia K. Townsend Beyond the Skeleton: Icemen and Mummies Daily Life in the Past: Clues from the Skeleton Violence and Inequality The Emergence of Cities Forensic anthropology: contemporary applications Recommended Readings Chapter Five: Emerging Diseases Of The 21st Century The Ecology of Disease in the Anthropocene Profile: The Medical Ecology of Cholera in Ecuador by Linda Whiteford Emerging Diseases in Aging Populations Recommended Readings Chapter Six: Changing Population and Environmental Hazards The Study of Population Profile: Stress, Alcohol, and Demographic Change in Northern Siberia by John P. Ziker Environmental Trauma in Industrial Societies Recommended Readings Chapter Seven: Human Reproduction as a Biocultural Process Evolutionary and Ecological Influences on Reproduction Pregnancy Profile: Three Birth Stories by Care Providers in Pregnancy and Birth Birth Alternatives Maternal Mortality Towards an Ecology of Birth Recommended Readings Chapter Eight: The Ecology of Nutrition

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Ann McElroy