Cecil G Helman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603491 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cecil G Helman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cecil G |
| FAMILY NAME | Helman |
| SIGNATURE | HELMAN C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Medical Anthropology
Doença versus Enfermidade na Clínica Geral
Poetry
Hinges PillarsSpectralAt the Russian Compound Beit Safafa Sunset UntitledSimchas Torah Teshuvah A Twentieth Century LandscapeAnother Dove Sons of RamAbraham Abulafia
Why medical anthropology matters
Society for Medical Anthropology
Food beliefs and practices among British Bangladeshis with diabetes
In order successfully to promote 'healthier' food choices, health professionals must first understand how people classify and select the foods they eat. We explored the food beliefs and classification system of British Bangladeshis by means of qualitative interviews with 40 first-generation adult immigrants with diabetes. Methods included audiotaped, unstructured narrative interview in which participants were invited to 'tell the story' of how di…
Health beliefs and folk models of diabetes in British Bangladeshis
OBJECTIVE: To explore the experience of diabetes in British Bangladeshis, since successful management of diabetes requires attention not just to observable behaviour but to the underlying attitudes and belief systems which drive that behaviour. DESIGN: Qualitative study of subjects' experience of diabetes using narratives, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and pile sorting exercises. A new qualitative method, the structured vignette, was …
The Body of Frankenstein's Monster
Dr Frankenstein and the Industrial Body
Cecil Helman is a research fellow in anthropology at University College London and a lecturer in primary health care, University College & Middlesex Medical School. He contributed an article on Anthropology and Clinical Practice to A.T. 1.4, August 1985. He is author of Culture, Health and Illness (1984). Horror films are part of the visual folklore of our age. Their central characters-Dracula, the Werewolf, Frankenstein's monster, the Aliens fro…
Heart disease and the cultural construction of time
Communication in primary care
Psyche, soma, and society
General practitioners and consultants
Anthropology and Clinical Practice
Culture, Health and Illness
Introduction Cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology Diet and nutrition Caring and curing 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 Appendix References Index
Observations from general practice
Tonic’, ‘fuel’ and ‘food’
Prescribing Practice and Drug Usage (Book)
“Feed a cold, starve a fever” — folk models of infection in an english suburban community, and their relation to medical treatment
The Healer's Art
Culture, Health and Illness
Introduction Cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology Diet and nutrition Caring and curing 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 Appendix References Index
Food beliefs and practices among British Bangladeshis with diabetes
In order successfully to promote 'healthier' food choices, health professionals must first understand how people classify and select the foods they eat. We explored the food beliefs and classification system of British Bangladeshis by means of qualitative interviews with 40 first-generation adult immigrants with diabetes. Methods included audiotaped, unstructured narrative interview in which participants were invited to 'tell the story' of how di…
Dr Frankenstein and the Industrial Body
Cecil Helman is a research fellow in anthropology at University College London and a lecturer in primary health care, University College & Middlesex Medical School. He contributed an article on Anthropology and Clinical Practice to A.T. 1.4, August 1985. He is author of Culture, Health and Illness (1984). Horror films are part of the visual folklore of our age. Their central characters-Dracula, the Werewolf, Frankenstein's monster, the Aliens fro…
Heart disease and the cultural construction of time
Doença versus Enfermidade na Clínica Geral
Why medical anthropology matters
Tonic’, ‘fuel’ and ‘food’
Anthropology and Clinical Practice
The Healer's Art
“Feed a cold, starve a fever” — folk models of infection in an english suburban community, and their relation to medical treatment
Observations from general practice
Tonic’, ‘fuel’ and ‘food’
Prescribing Practice and Drug Usage (Book)
Communication in primary care
Psyche, soma, and society
General practitioners and consultants
Anthropology and Clinical Practice
Culture, Health and Illness
Introduction Cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology Diet and nutrition Caring and curing 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 Appendix References Index
Heart disease and the cultural construction of time
Dr Frankenstein and the Industrial Body
Cecil Helman is a research fellow in anthropology at University College London and a lecturer in primary health care, University College & Middlesex Medical School. He contributed an article on Anthropology and Clinical Practice to A.T. 1.4, August 1985. He is author of Culture, Health and Illness (1984). Horror films are part of the visual folklore of our age. Their central characters-Dracula, the Werewolf, Frankenstein's monster, the Aliens fro…
The Body of Frankenstein's Monster
Health beliefs and folk models of diabetes in British Bangladeshis
OBJECTIVE: To explore the experience of diabetes in British Bangladeshis, since successful management of diabetes requires attention not just to observable behaviour but to the underlying attitudes and belief systems which drive that behaviour. DESIGN: Qualitative study of subjects' experience of diabetes using narratives, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and pile sorting exercises. A new qualitative method, the structured vignette, was …
Food beliefs and practices among British Bangladeshis with diabetes
In order successfully to promote 'healthier' food choices, health professionals must first understand how people classify and select the foods they eat. We explored the food beliefs and classification system of British Bangladeshis by means of qualitative interviews with 40 first-generation adult immigrants with diabetes. Methods included audiotaped, unstructured narrative interview in which participants were invited to 'tell the story' of how di…
Society for Medical Anthropology
Why medical anthropology matters
Poetry
Hinges PillarsSpectralAt the Russian Compound Beit Safafa Sunset UntitledSimchas Torah Teshuvah A Twentieth Century LandscapeAnother Dove Sons of RamAbraham Abulafia
Doença versus Enfermidade na Clínica Geral
Medical Anthropology
Medicine (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Library science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Art history (3 works)