Helen M Macbeth
Biographic Data
| ID | 214019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen M Macbeth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen M |
| FAMILY NAME | Macbeth |
| SIGNATURE | MACBETH H M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What is an Ethnic Group? A Biological Perspective
The first point to highlight is the risk that the words ‘ethnic group’ may have been used too simply to replace the word ‘race’, when concepts of race are considered to be both politically unacceptable and biologically inaccurate. It is not the objective of this paper to discuss political acceptability, but the same difficulties with the idea of discrete biological populations that invalidate traditional concepts of ‘race’ are central to the disc…
Health Outcomes
The costs of health care are much debated, but any study of these costs require measurement of what has been achieved by the health care. The results of health care have come to be known as 'health outcomes' and this book discusses the multiple angles involved in defining and measuring these outcomes. This book is deliberately cross-disciplinary, and looks at the topic thoroughly from the perspectives of different academic and practical angles.
Nature/nurture
Dr Helen M Macbeth, a biological anthr-opologist, is a pr-incipal lecturer at Oxord Polytechnic, and Secretary of the Biosocial Society. 'But, out there, people do have a concept of a dichotomy called nature/nurture'. Therefore, the social anthropologist in the discussion argued, it was a valid theme for a first term course in Anthropology (Biological and Social), whereas the biological anthropologist had dismissed the topic as an out of date deb…
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Nature/nurture
Dr Helen M Macbeth, a biological anthr-opologist, is a pr-incipal lecturer at Oxord Polytechnic, and Secretary of the Biosocial Society. 'But, out there, people do have a concept of a dichotomy called nature/nurture'. Therefore, the social anthropologist in the discussion argued, it was a valid theme for a first term course in Anthropology (Biological and Social), whereas the biological anthropologist had dismissed the topic as an out of date deb…
Health Outcomes
The costs of health care are much debated, but any study of these costs require measurement of what has been achieved by the health care. The results of health care have come to be known as 'health outcomes' and this book discusses the multiple angles involved in defining and measuring these outcomes. This book is deliberately cross-disciplinary, and looks at the topic thoroughly from the perspectives of different academic and practical angles.
What is an Ethnic Group? A Biological Perspective
The first point to highlight is the risk that the words ‘ethnic group’ may have been used too simply to replace the word ‘race’, when concepts of race are considered to be both politically unacceptable and biologically inaccurate. It is not the objective of this paper to discuss political acceptability, but the same difficulties with the idea of discrete biological populations that invalidate traditional concepts of ‘race’ are central to the disc…
Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Race, Genetics, and Society (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Dichotomy (1 work) · Discipline (1 work)