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Author:   Mark Nichter ,  Mimi Nichter ,  Mimi Nichter ,  Mimi Nichter
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Volume:   v.3.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.793kg
ISBN:  

9782884491716

ISBN 10:   2884491716
Pages:   482
Publication Date:   24 January 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section One Women’s Reproductive Health 1. Cultural Notions of Fertility in South Asia and Their Impact on Sri Lankan Family Planning Practices 2. The Ethnophysiology and Folk Dietetics of Pregnancy: A Case Study from South India 3. Modern Methods of Fertility Regulation: When and for Whom Are They Appropriate? Section Two Child Survival 4. Health Social Science Research on the Study of Diarrheal Disease: A Focus on Dysentery 5. Social Science Lessons from Diarrhea Research and Their Application to ARI 6. Acute Respiratory Illness: Popular Health Culture and Mother’s Knowledge in the Philippines Section Three Pharmaceutical Practice 7. Popular Perceptions of Medicine: A South Indian Case Study 8. Paying for What Ails You: Sociocultural Issues Influencing the Ways and Means of Therapy Payment in South India 9. Pharmaceuticals, the Commodification of Health, and the Health Care-Medicine Use Transition Section Four Health Service Research and Health Communication 10. Vaccinations in the Third World: A Consideration of Community Demand 11. The Primary Health Care Center as a Social System: Primary Health Care, Social Status, and the Issue of Team- Work in South Asia 12. Drink Boiled Cooled Water: A Cultural Analysis of a Health Education Message 13. Education by Appropriate Analogy

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Mark and Mimi Nichter, both University of Arizona, Tucson.

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