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Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is "culture bound" in our own medical belief and practice. The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. No other single reference work comes close to marching the depth and breadth of information on the varying cultural background of health and illness around the world. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world.

Diseases --- Health --- Medical anthropology --- Medicine --- Social medicine --- World health --- Social aspects. --- #SBIB:39A1 --- #SBIB:39A9 --- Medical care --- Medical sociology --- Medicine, Social --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Global health --- International health --- Personal health --- Wellness --- Social aspects --- Antropologie: algemeen --- Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps --- Anthropological aspects --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Public health --- Medical geography --- Anthropology --- Physiology --- Holistic medicine --- Hygiene --- Well-being --- Public welfare --- Sociology --- Medical ethics --- Medical sociologists --- International cooperation --- Health Workforce --- Anthropology, Cultural. --- Cross-Cultural Comparison. --- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. --- Disease --- Health Behavior --- Socioeconomic Factors. --- Transcultural Studies --- Comparison, Cross-Cultural --- Comparisons, Cross-Cultural --- Cross Cultural Comparison --- Cross-Cultural Comparisons --- Studies, Transcultural --- Study, Transcultural --- Transcultural Study --- Cultural Characteristics --- Culture --- Factors, Socioeconomic --- High-Income Population --- Inequalities --- Land Tenure --- Standard of Living --- Factor, Socioeconomic --- High Income Population --- High-Income Populations --- Inequality --- Living Standard --- Living Standards --- Population, High-Income --- Populations, High-Income --- Socioeconomic Factor --- Tenure, Land --- Economics --- Cultural Anthropology --- Material Culture --- Ethnography --- Culture, Material --- Ethnographies --- Material Cultures --- Qualitative Research --- Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice --- ethnology. --- Social Inequalities --- Social Inequality --- Inequalities, Social --- Inequality, Social --- Anthropology. --- Public health. --- Public Health. --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Human beings --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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The ability to communicate effectively with cancer patients and their family members has been linked to patient satisfaction, reduced psychological morbidity, enhanced health and reduced clinician "burn-out". Yet, despite what we know about the benefits of effective communication, cancer clinicians have only recently begun to receive routine training in the psychosocial and emotional aspects of cancer patient care. This volume creates a multi-disciplinary dialogue about clinician-patient communication. It offers a description of the relevance of culture as a contextual effect that impacts the clinician-patient relationship. Some important topics addressed include: -Oncology care; -Quality of life issues; -Supportive survivorship; -Cultural differences in health care; -Multidisciplinary medical approaches. This book is for physicians, nurses, hospice and palliative care professionals and public health professionals who would like to understand the ways we can improve clinician-patient communication in culturally diverse medical settings. It is also suitable for graduate level courses in medical education, oncology, and health care.

Neoplasms. --- Social Medicine. --- Cultural. --- Communication. --- Cancer --- Social medicine. --- Culture. --- Médecine sociale --- Culture --- Communication --- Social aspects. --- Aspect social --- Neoplasms --- Physician-Patient Relations --- Cross-Cultural Comparison --- Social medicine --- psychology --- Social aspects --- Cancer - Social aspects. --- Medicine. --- Oncology. --- Psychology, clinical. --- Quality of Life_xResearch. --- Professional-Patient Relations --- Diseases --- Information Science --- Behavior --- Sociology --- Delivery of Health Care --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Interpersonal Relations --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Anthropology --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Social Sciences --- Psychology, Social --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Health Care --- Public Health --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Public Health - General --- Oncology --- Public health. --- Health promotion. --- Medical research. --- Quality of life. --- Health psychology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Public Health. --- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. --- Health Psychology. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Quality of Life --- Oncology  . --- Research. --- Tumors --- Biomedical research --- Medical research --- Health psychology --- Health psychology, Clinical --- Psychology, Clinical health --- Psychology, Health --- Salutogenesis --- Clinical psychology --- Medicine and psychology --- Health promotion programs --- Health promotion services --- Promotion of health --- Wellness programs --- Preventive health services --- Health education --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Medical care --- Medical sociology --- Medicine, Social --- Public health --- Public welfare --- Medical ethics --- Medical sociologists --- Neoplasms - psychology --- Cancer - Social aspects

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The Dutch experience has influenced the debate on euthanasia and death with dignity around the globe, especially with regard to whether physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia should be legitimized or legalized. A review of the literature reveals complex and often contradictory views about the Dutch experience. Some claim that the Netherlands offers a model for the world to follow; others believe that the Netherlands represents danger, rather than promise, and that the Dutch experience is the definitive answer regarding why we should not make active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide part of our lives. Given these contradictory views, it has become clear that fieldwork is essential to developing a more informed opinion. Having investigated the Dutch experience for a number of years, and after thoroughly reading the vast literature published in English, I went to the Netherlands for one month in the summer of 1999 to get a feel for the local situation. I felt that this would provide the basis on which I could better interpret the findings of the available literature. I visited the major centers of medical ethics, as well as some research hospitals, and spoke with leading figures in the euthanasia policy and practice. The time spent was extremely beneficial and enriching. I followed in the footsteps of Carlos Gomez, who 1 published a book following one month of extensive research in the Netherlands.

Medical law --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Netherlands --- Euthanasia --- Public Opinion --- Euthanasie --- legislation & jurisprudence --- ethics --- Law and legislation --- Public opinion. --- Droit --- Coercion --- Suicide, Assisted --- Wedge Argument --- Cross-Cultural Comparison --- Euthanasia, Active --- Empirical Research --- Attitude of Health Personnel --- Palliative Care --- Public Policy --- Social Change --- Advisory Committees --- Guideline Adherence --- Internationality --- Physician's Role --- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms --- Social Control, Informal --- Quality of Health Care --- Patient Care --- Homicide --- Culture --- Policy Making --- Delivery of Health Care --- Professional Role --- Suicide --- Social Sciences --- Ethical Analysis --- Social Control Policies --- Social Control, Formal --- Terminal Care --- Research --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Sociology --- Attitude --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Science --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Policy --- Therapeutics --- Ethics --- Self-Injurious Behavior --- Role --- Social Problems --- Health Services Administration --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Health Services --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Population Characteristics --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Group Processes --- Anthropology --- Health Care --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Behavioral Symptoms --- Humanities --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Philosophy --- Behavior --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Psychology, Social --- Law - Europe, except U.K. --- Law - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Public opinion --- Public. --- Philosophy. --- Ethics. --- Occupational medicine. --- Medical ethics. --- Medical laws and legislation. --- Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. --- Medical Law. --- Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine. --- Public health laws. --- Medicine, Industrial. --- Industrial medicine --- Medicine, Occupational --- Occupational medicine --- Medicine --- Occupational diseases --- Law, Medical --- Medical personnel --- Medical registration and examination --- Physicians --- Surgeons --- Medical policy --- Medical jurisprudence --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Values --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Moral and ethical aspects