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Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in
an uncontrolled way and, in some cases, to metastasise (spread).
Although a lot has been discussed about cancer in many ancient
texts in different languages, this book is unique in the sense that
it attempts to compile all available original texts in one place
provided with relevant original references. This book is beneficial
for anthropologists, sociologists, medical scientists,
palaeopathologists, oncologists, epidemiologists, AYUSH systems of
medicine and other allied sciences.
Medical anthropology's biocultural approach expands the biomedical
perspective that views the health only as a biological issue. Human
health and disease derive from the interactions of human's
biological potentials with numerous environments through
culturally, socially and individually mediated experiences that
have effects on biological processes. The research on reproductive
health within medical anthropology encompasses people's emic
perspective on all matters related to sexuality and reproductive
processes, and functions. Children represent the future, and ought
to be a prime concern of all societies. Newborns are particularly
vulnerable and children are vulnerable to malnutrition and
infectious diseases. Both reproductive and child health are
affected by a number of socio-cultural factors. Thus, reproductive
and child health are important issues to which the medical
anthropology can contribute a lot. The salient features of book
includes concepts, views and definitions of health; socio-cultural
factors that affect health; reproductive and child healthcare
practices from the holistic medical anthropological viewpoint;
first-hand information collected from female respondents.
As per the new format of question papers , three types of questions
-Essay type, Short answer type and Objective type Questions have
been added. During the Course of revision of this book we have been
guided and assisted by the suggestions of a large number of
students and professors of colleges and universities to whom we
express our sincere thanks.
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