Social Anthropology and Medicine

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2571367
AutoresSteven Polgar (autor de correspondencia), Bela C Maday (autor de correspondencia), J B Loudon, Francis X Grollig, Harold B Haley
Año1978
Volumen51
Número1
Páginas84
Fecha de publicación1978-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnthropological Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-5491 • E-ISSN: 1534-1518
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3317129
OpenAlexW2314282161
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

The thirteen essays in this book were presented at the annual conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists in 1972, and are now extensively revised.The authors are mainly professional anthropologists, some including the editor, with medical qualifications, and two with only the latter.These professional backgrounds have helped to make this an important book in primitive medicine as well as in social anthropology.The main theme is concerned with concepts of health and illness, and the varied handling of it is mainly due to editorial skill.Each local belief needs individual interpretation in the light of religious and magical practices, and an understanding of it will elucidate the preferred remedy.A great deal of information is provided, often from field studies, although no new or striking insights are forthcoming.Nevertheless the book is a significant contribution to ethno-and, therefore, paleo-medicine.Of equal importance is the appearance ofthe medically qualified social anthropologist, who, although not unknown in the past, has certainly been rare.Dr. Loudon's "Introduction" discusses medicine in general and the association of the two disciplines

Medical anthropology · Social anthropology · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Obesity and Health Practices