The social fabric of health : an introduction to medical anthropology / John M. Janzen.
By: Janzen, John M [author]
Language: English Publisher: Boston : McGraw Hill, c2002Description: xiv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0070328315Subject(s): Medical anthropologyDDC classification: 306.461 LOC classification: GN296 | .J36 2002Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-285)
1. Introducing Medical Anthropology --
2. The Origins and Theories of Medical Anthropology --
3. The Fabric of Health --
4. Population and Disease, the Changing Indicators of Health --
5. The Life Course: Birthing, Living, Dying --
6. Personhood, Liminality, and Identity --
7. The Transforming Signs of Sickness and Healing --
8. Medical Knowledge --
9. Power and Organization in Medicine --
10. Shaping the Fabric of Health.
This book covers the familiar themes in medical anthropology, but places them in a unique perspective. Using a "fabric" metaphor, The Social Fabric of Health weaves together relationships, bodies, feelings, narratives, idea, material support, and institutions in the human experience of health, illness, and healing. In addition to the unique "fabric" perspective the book brings to the subject of medical anthropology, it also brings another unique perspective to thissubject: Using signs-an approach commonly known as semiotics-the text formulates the nuances between the subjective realm of individual experience and the more objective, public world of symbols, codes, and laws.
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