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BL
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| Record Number
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703608
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b525797
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| Main Entry
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Womack, Mari
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| Title & Author
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The anthropology of health and healing /\ Mari Womack
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: AltaMira Press,, [2010]
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, ©2010
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xv, 367 pages ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0759110433 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0759110441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0759118612 (electronic)
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: 9780759110434 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780759110441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780759118614 (electronic)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-350) and index
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| Abstract
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This book is the first text to take an integrative approach to the discipline of medical anthropology. In it, the author champions a practice of medicine that includes the maintenance of health as well as treatment of illness, emphasizing the importance of lifestyle and the life cycle
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Human body-- Social aspects
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Medical anthropology
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Public health-- Anthropological aspects
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Anthropology, Cultural
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Behavioral Medicine
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Culture
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Integrative Medicine
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Medicine, Traditional
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/61
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| LC Classification
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GN296.W645 2010
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| NLM classification
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2010 A-985
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GN 296W8718a 2010
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