Clinical Anthropology Copyright © 1998, 2001 John Rush PhD ND
CLINICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
An Application of
Anthropological Concepts within Clinical Settings
by Dr. John A. Rush
This unique book applies concepts from the field of
anthropology to clinical settings to result in a powerful and dynamic
model/theory of clinical anthropology. Clinical settings could
include hospitals, police and probation situations, individual and family
counseling, as well as cross-cultural issues and governmental policy. The
model presented in this work allows individuals and groups to reduce stress and
move toward personal and group health. Although a textbook, the style is
easy reading. What others have said about this work:
"John Rush's is no ordinary medical or applied medical
anthropology book of the 1980's or 1990's. It is a refreshing antidote to
the narrow scholarly specializations and narrow interests that have made
anthropology over at least the past two decades so parochial a field. I
know of no other clinical/medical anthropology work like it."
Howard F. Stein
Professor of Family Medicine
University of
The terms "Clinical Anthropology" and
"Clinically Applied Anthropology" have been in the literature for
many years. Until now, however, there was no model that would set this
field apart from clinical psychology, psychiatry, or Western biomedical
practices. Using an information processing model, Dr. Rush presents a
unique process for understanding both social/emotional illness and physical
illness; this makes Clinical Anthropology distinct from the other disciplines.
Combined with his companion works, Healing the Self
& Others, Aging and Nutrition, and soon to be released, The
Holistic Health Practitioner: Clinical Anthropology and the Return to
Traditional Medicine, the professional, as well as parents, educatiors, anyone, will have a process and tools for
dealing with many social/emotional and physical problems.
CONTENTS
1. Becoming Who We Are
The Physical Evidence: Human Development,
Information Storage, and Language
2. The Origins of Culture
Storytelling
The Establishment of Larger Groupings:
Superchunking the Group, the
Concept of Power, and
Chaos
3. Humans as Physical and social Information Systems
Stress and HRMs
Illness Categories: Generalizations
An Information Model of Cause and Effect
Implied Rules and the Evolution of Cooperation
Roles and the Development of Status
4. Diagnostic Procedures
High Risk Messages in Diagnostic Procedure
(My Divination Process)
Process in Emotional-Social Integration
Western Psychiatric/Psychological Concepts of Cause
and Effect
The Western Biomedical Concept of Disease and
Illness:
An Overview
5. Elements of Clinical Anthropology
6. Culture and Conflict
The Nature of Conflict
The Biological Models of Conflict
Cultural Conflict
International Conflict
7. Conclusion
Basic Processes
Basic Information Categories for Diagnosing Illness
and Disease
Nutrition and Lifestyle
Clinical Anthropology as an Educational Process
Bibliography
Index
8 Line Drawings
312 pages
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0-275-95572-9 Hardcover
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