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Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 08:35:11 -0800
To: Medsoc@csf.colorado.edu
From: Shelly Chandler <schandle@mail.sdsu.edu>
Subject: Medicine and Culture
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For several years I have been using Lynn Payer's book, Medicine and Culture
in my Health and Illness class.  It has been very useful for illustrating
the social construction of the concept of health, and the variability of
practices in several countries.
The problem is the book is some years old now and, save for a new
introduction, Payer has not updated it.

Does anyone know of another, more recent work comparing the concepts of
health and disease in a variety of different cultures and that would be
appropriate for an undergraduate course?

I would appreciate any ideas.

Thanks,

Shelly Chandler
schandler@sciences.sdsu.edu