Anthropology and International Health

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ISBN: 9782884491716 | 2884491716
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 5/1/1996

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Focusing on the social structure, customs and history of the indigenous population and its ramifications on healthcare providers, this book considers the econo-cultural influences on the way medicine is practiced.

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Introduction to the Series	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Women's Reproductive Health	p. 1
Cultural Notions of Fertility in South Asia and Their Impact on Sri Lankan Family Planning Practices	p. 3
The Ethnophysiology and Folk Dietetics of Pregnancy: a Case Study from South India	p. 35
Modern Methods of Fertility Regulation: When and for Whom Are They Appropriate?	p. 71
Child Survival	p. 109
Health Social Science Research on the Study of Diarrheal Disease: a Focus on Dysentery	p. 111
Social Science Lessons from Diarrhea Research and Their Application to Ari	p. 135
Acute Respiratory Illness: Popular Health Culture and Mother's Knowledge in the Philippines	p. 173
Pharmaceutical Practice	p. 201
Popular Perceptions of Medicine: a South Indian Case Study	p. 203
Paying for What Ails You: Sociocultural Issues Influencing the Ways and Means of Therapy Payment in South India	p. 239
Pharmaceuticals, the Commodification of Health, and the Health Care-Medicine Use Transition	p. 265
Health Service Research and Health Communication	p. 327
Vaccinations in the Third World a Consideration of Community Demand	p. 329
The Primary Health Center as a Social System: Primary Health Care, Social Status, and the Issue of Team-Work in South Asia	p. 367
Drink Boiled Cooled Water: a Cultural Analysis of a Health Education Message	p. 393
Education by Appropriate Analogy	p. 401
Epilogue: a Note on Aid	p. 427
Author Index	p. 429
Subject Index	p. 443
About the Authors	p. 455
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