Culture, Health and Illness is the leading international textbook on the role of cultural and social factors in health, illness, and medical care. Since first published in 1984, it has been used in over 40 countries within universities, medical schools and nursing colleges. This new edition meets the ever-growing need for a clear starting point in

Cecil G Helman, Professor of Medical Anthropology, Brunel University; Senior Lecturer, Dept of Primary Care and Population Sciences, UCL, London, UK

Preface to the 5th Edition 1. Introduction: the scope of medical anthropology 2. The body: cultural definitions of anatomy and physiology 3. Diet and Nutrition 4. Caring and curing: the sectors of health care 5. Doctor-patient interactions 6. Gender and reproduction 7. Pain and culture 8. Culture and pharmacology: drugs, alcohol and tobacco 9. Ritual and the management of misfortune 10. Cross-cultural psychiatry 11. Cultural aspects of stress and suffering 12. Migration, globalization and health 13. Telemedicine and the Internet 14. New bodies, new selves: genetics and biotechnology 15. Cultural factors in epidemiology 16. The AIDS pandemic 17. Tropical diseases: malaria and leprosy 18. Medical anthropology and global health 19. New research methods in medical anthropology Appendix: Journals and websites Author index Subject index