Medical anthropology is playing an increasingly important role in public health. This book provides an introduction to the basic concepts, approaches and theories used, and shows how these contribute to understanding complex health related behaviour. Public health policies and interventions are more likely to be effective if the beliefs and behaviour of people are understood an...(展开全部)

A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as well as related science and technology studies. The editors’ comprehensive introductions evaluate the historical lineages of these approaches and their value in addressing critical problems associated...(展开全部)

This book, the first comprehensive history of explicity medical ethics in pre-modern China, spans the period from 500 B.C. through the nineteenth century and provides literal translations of all accessible codes of ethics in the known Chinese medical literature. The inclusion in addition of writings possessing ethical implications makes possible cultural comparisons with the co...(展开全部)

The Long-Awaited Revision of the Bestselling Family Health Guide "This completely updated fourth edition of our bestselling health reference is comprehensive, easy to understand, and even more user-friendly than the previous editions. We're excited to provide our patients with an invaluable resource to help them become more involved in their own health care. We think this is a...(展开全部)

The Long-Awaited Revision of the Bestselling Family Health Guide "This completely updated fourth edition of our bestselling health reference is comprehensive, easy to understand, and even more user-friendly than the previous editions. We're excited to provide our patients with an invaluable resource to help them become more involved in their own health care. We think this is a...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

威廉.A. 哈维兰（William A. Haviland），佛蒙特大学荣休教授，该校人类学系创始人，执教达32年之久。获宾夕法尼亚大学人类学博士学位。本书是他诸多国内和国际著作及期刊出版物的基础，也是面向一般大众媒体的出发点。他*初在危地马拉共和国和美国佛蒙特州从事独创性的考古研究，而后在缅因州、佛蒙特州做民族志，并在危地马拉研究体质人类学。他的著作包括与玛乔莉合著的《佛蒙特初民》和一本关于古代玛雅部落的技术性专著。他还担任获奖电视课程“多面文化”的顾问，以及由宾夕法尼亚大学考古学人类学博物馆出版的《蒂卡尔报告》系列的主编。除了教学和写作，哈维兰博士还在加拿大、墨西哥、莱索托、南非、西班牙以及美国面向众多专业以及非 专业观众举办讲座。他作为专家亲眼见证了佛蒙特州原住民阿布纳基人渔业的重要诉讼案件。他于1990年获佛蒙特大学研究生院“大学学者”称号，...(展开全部)

卡罗尔·恩贝尔 Carol R. Ember：哈佛大学人类学博士，耶鲁大学人类关系区域档案项目主席、《跨文化研究》杂志主编。她的大部分研究生涯都致力于对婚姻、家庭、亲属群体、性别角色、战争预测因素和其他形式暴力的跨文化研究，曾担任跨文化研究协会主席、人类学科学协会主席，以及文化演化协会执行委员会成员。 梅尔文·恩贝尔 Melvin Ember：耶鲁大学人类学博士，曾任耶鲁大学人类关系区域档案项目主席。他主要致力于跨文化研究，发表了80多篇科学和专业文章，从1982年起担任《跨文化研究》杂志的主编，直到2009年去世。 彼得·佩里格林 Peter N. Peregrine：威斯康星州阿普尔顿市劳伦斯大学人类学教授。他担任耶鲁大学人类关系区域档案项目研究助理，也是美国科学促进会的研究员。

Anthropology , providesits readerswith a comprehensive and scientific introduction to the four fields of anthropology. It helpsthem understand humans in all their variety, and why such variety exists. This new thirteenth edition places an increased emphasis on immigration, migration and globalization. It alsoshowcases howanthropological skill setscan be applied beyond academia....(展开全部)