The anthropology of health and healing

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26 cm; Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-350) and index; swisscovery holding institutions: 41SLSP_RZS, 41SLSP_UBS, 41SLSP_UNE, 41SLSP_UZB; The psychobiology of health and healing -- Models of the body, the self, and the human experience -- Constructing gender: the body in social context -- The biology of psychology and the psychology of biology -- Metaphor, labeling theory, and the placebo effect -- Maintaining health and healing the whole person -- The human life cycle: coming of age -- The human life cycle: the reproductive years -- The human life cycle: growing old and growing good -- Lifestyle and health -- Models of diagnosis and treatment -- Biomedicine and the scientific approach -- Restoring the balance: Asian models of health and healing -- Calling on the spirits: shamans, sorcerers, and mediums -- The emerging field of integrative medicine -- Contemporary issues in health and healing -- The social context of epidemics -- Medicines, herbs, and dietary supplements -- Public policy and health-care delivery systems; xv, 367 p