Medical Anthropology and African American Health

Name: Medical Anthropology and African American Health
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ISBN: 9780897899024

ISBN-10: 0897899024

ISBN-13: 9780897899024

Edition: 2002

Authors: Eric J. Bailey

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The field of medical anthropology is a discipline that incorporates the perspective of a wide range of approaches--from anthropologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, physicians, nurses, public health administrators, biologists, and many others, including the general public, to health care. This approach places culture and cultural relativism at the forefront and center of every model, and examines the ethics and fairness of health care issues associated with the African American population. The author examines data on mortality, census, preventive health, alternative medical practices, clinical research, and intervention from a comprehensive perspective. Finally, fieldwork in a public…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 3/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Medical Anthropology, Culture and Ethnic Populations Health Issues



Medical Anthropology and Health Care



Ethnic Populations in the United States: Health Beliefs and Treatment Actions



African American Health Care



African American Health Care: A Cultural Relativistic Perspective



African American Health Care: A Health Data and Current Research Studies Perspective



African American Alternative Medical Practices



How To Do Medical Anthropological Fieldwork



Strategies for Applied Medical Anthropology Health Care Research



Medical Anthropology Case Studies: Clinic, Community and Public Health Settings



Fieldwork in a Cardiopulmonary Clinic



Psychosociocultural Stress and African American Women



Fieldwork in a Detroit Hospital



A Needs Assessment of a Prenatal Intervention Program



Culturally Competent Health Screening Programs



The Diabetic Patient's Adaptation to Outpatient Clinic



HIV/AIDS Counseling and the African American Community



A Community's Perception of the Health Care System: Issues of Equity



Culture and Health: The Future of African American Health Care Research



Cultural Health Care Strategies for African Americans


Index