Culture, health, and illness / Cecil Helman.

London : Arnold, 2001.

viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

4th ed.

Introduction: the scope of medical anthropology -- Cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology -- Diet and nutrition -- Caring and curing: the sectors of health care -- Doctor-patient interactions -- Gender and reproduction -- Pain and culture -- Culture and pharmacology -- Ritual and the management of misfortune -- Cross-cultural psychiatry -- Cultural aspects of stress -- Cultural factors in epidemiology -- Medical anthropology and global health -- New research methods in medical anthropology -- Clinical questionnaires.

Includes bibliographical references and index.