Sobo, Elisa Janine, 1963-

The cultural context of health, illness, and medicine / Elisa J. Sobo and Martha O. Loustaunau. - 2nd ed. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010. - xviii, 268 p. ; 24 cm.

Martha Loustaunau is first named author on previous edition.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-254) and index.

The concept of culture -- The health-related consequences of social structure -- Health and illness over the life course -- Therapeutic modalities : a cross-cultural perspective -- Biomedicine : emergence and evolution in cultural context -- Reforming medicine -- Developing cultural sensitivity -- Putting ideas into practice : complex contemporary challenges.

9780313377600 (hard copy : alk. paper) 031337760X (hard copy : alk. paper) 9780313377853 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0313377855 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780313377617 (eISBN) 0313377618 (eISBN)

2010014928

101528195 DNLM


Medical anthropology.
Social medicine.
Cultural Competency--United States.
Anthropology--United States.
Attitude to Health--ethnology--United States.
Cultural Diversity--United States.
Delivery of Health Care--United States.

GN296 / .L68 2010

306.461

W 21 / S677c 2010