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Childbirth Across Cultures explores the childbirth process through globally diverse perspectives to offer a broader context with which to think about birth. It addresses multiple rituals and management models surrounding the labor and birth process from communities across the globe. Labor and birth are biocultural events that are managed in countless ways. We are particularly interested in the notion of power. Who controls the pregnancy and the birth? Is it the hospital, the doctor, or the in-laws, and in which cultures does the mother have the control? These decisions, regarding place of birth, position, who receives the baby and even how the mother may or may not behave during the actual delivery are all part of the different ways that birth is handled. The cultures included range from the Solomon Islands to Africa, Asia and the Americas. Other chapters cover Midwives and other Birth Attendants, Evolution of Birth, Women’s Birth Narratives, and Child Spacing and Breastfeeding. This book will bring together global research conducted by professional anthropologists, midwives and doctors who work closely with the individuals from the cultures they are writing about, offering a unique perspective direct from the cultural group.

Birth customs -- Cross-cultural studies. --- Childbirth -- Cross-cultural studies. --- Cross-Cultural Comparison. --- Parturition -- ethnology. --- Pregnancy -- ethnology. --- Childbirth --- Birth customs --- Parturition --- Pregnancy --- Ethnology --- Cross-Cultural Comparison --- Postpartum Period --- Reproduction --- Culture --- Reproductive Physiological Phenomena --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena --- Reproductive Physiological Processes --- Sociology --- Anthropology --- Phenomena and Processes --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Social Change --- Gynecology & Obstetrics --- Social & Cultural Anthropology --- Sociology & Social History --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Obstetrics. --- Maternal-fetal medicine --- Social sciences. --- Gynecology. --- Anthropology. --- Social Sciences. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Study and teaching. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Human beings --- Gynaecology --- Generative organs, Female --- Diseases --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Gynecology . --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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In a Darwinian world, religious behavior - just like other behaviors - is likely to have undergone a process of natural selection in which it was rewarded in the evolutionary currency of reproductive success. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the social scenarios in which selection pressure led to religious practices becoming an evolved human trait, i.e. an adaptive answer to the conditions of living and surviving that prevailed among our prehistoric ancestors. This aim is pursued by a team of expert authors from a range of disciplines. Their contributions examine the relevant physiological, emotional, cognitive and social processes. The resulting understanding of the functional interplay of these processes gives valuable insights into the biological roots and benefits of religion.

Evolutionary psychology. --- Human evolution -- Religious aspects. --- Psychology, Religious. --- Religion and culture. --- Human evolution --- Psychology, Religious --- Evolutionary psychology --- Religion and culture --- Culture --- Humanities --- Psychological Phenomena and Processes --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- History --- Cultural Evolution --- Religion and Psychology --- Religion --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Philosophy & Religion --- Evolution --- Religion - General --- Religious aspects --- Religious aspects. --- Psychology of religion --- Religions --- Religious psychology --- Psychological aspects --- Psychology --- Life sciences. --- Religion. --- Modern philosophy. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Anthropology. --- Life Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Religion. --- Religious Studies, general. --- Philosophy. --- Psychology and religion --- Evolution (Biology). --- Philosophy, modern. --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Theology --- Human beings --- Mental philosophy --- Modern philosophy --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Religion—Philosophy. --- Primitive societies --- Human evolution - Religious aspects --- Social sciences --- Religious studies

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Cancer is more than a biological disease. Cultural factors are involved at every stage in the journey through cancer, from prevention to palliative care. Based upon recent studies from the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, Culture and Cancer Care examines a number of cultural themes in relation to cancer, including:. The disparity of rates of cancer among different ethnic groups. Culture and screening. Breaking bad news and communication. Cultural variations in emotional responses to cancer. Cultural variability in cancer treatments and the influence on prognosis. Palliative care a

Cancer. --- Neoplasms. --- Cancer --- Health behavior --- Attitude to Health --- Diseases --- Culture --- Sociology --- Attitude --- Delivery of Health Care --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Anthropology --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Health Care --- Cross-Cultural Comparison --- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice --- Neoplasms --- Medicine --- Public Health --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Oncology --- Public Health - General --- Benign Neoplasms --- Malignancy --- Malignant Neoplasms --- Neoplasia --- Neoplasm --- Neoplasms, Benign --- Tumors --- Benign Neoplasm --- Cancers --- Malignancies --- Malignant Neoplasm --- Neoplasias --- Neoplasm, Benign --- Neoplasm, Malignant --- Neoplasms, Malignant --- Tumor --- Medical Oncology --- Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice --- Transcultural Studies --- Comparison, Cross-Cultural --- Comparisons, Cross-Cultural --- Cross Cultural Comparison --- Cross-Cultural Comparisons --- Studies, Transcultural --- Study, Transcultural --- Transcultural Study --- Cultural Characteristics --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- Science, Social --- Sciences, Social --- Social Science --- Healthcare Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Behavior And Behavior Mechanism --- Cultural Anthropology --- Material Culture --- Ethnography --- Culture, Material --- Ethnographies --- Material Cultures --- Qualitative Research --- Attitudes --- Opinions --- Opinion --- Intention --- General Social Development and Population --- Beliefs --- Cultural Background --- Cultural Relativism --- Customs --- Background, Cultural --- Backgrounds, Cultural --- Belief --- Cultural Backgrounds --- Cultural Relativisms --- Cultures --- Relativism, Cultural --- Relativisms, Cultural --- Health Attitude --- Attitude, Health --- Attitudes, Health --- Health Attitudes --- Health, Attitude to --- Public Opinion --- Behavior, Health --- Health habits --- Habit --- Health attitudes --- Human behavior --- Medicine and psychology --- Carcinoma --- Malignancy (Cancer) --- Malignant tumors --- Social aspects --- Causes and theories of causation --- ethnology --- Kanker --- Cancer - Social aspects --- Health behavior - Cross-cultural studies --- Neoplasms - ethnology