Culture, Health and Illness is the leading international textbook
on the role of cultural and social factors in health, illness, and
medical care. Since first published in 1984, it has been used in
over 40 countries within universities, medical schools and nursing
colleges. This new edition meets the ever-growing need for a clear
starting point in understanding the clinical significance of
cultural and social factors. The book addresses the complex
interactions between health, illness and culture by setting out
anthropological theory in a highly readable, jargon-free style and
integrating this with the practice of health care using real-life
examples and case histories. Fully revised throughout, the fifth
edition has expanded its coverage of topics that are challenging
both the patient and the carer's understanding of health and
illness: poverty and inequality of healthcare, genetics,
biotechnology, the internet and health, chronic diseases,
drug-resistant infections, changes in nutrition and body image,
medical care of migrants, medical technology, global pandemics such
as AIDS and malaria, drug and alcohol dependence, and patients'
'languages of distress', a complex topic central to the
doctor-patient relationship. In today's world of increasing
cultural, religious and ethnic diversity of populations, Culture,
Health and Illness is essential reading for students of medicine,
nursing, psychiatry, public health, health education, international
health and medical anthropology, across the globe.
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