Doing Health Anthropology: research methods for community assessment and change

Chapter 1: Why Anthropology? Guide to This Chapter What Is Cultural Anthropology? The Concept of Culture How Do Cultural Anthropologists Collect Data? How Do Cultural Anthropologists Analyze Data? The Advantages of Anthropology for the Health Sciences The Mighty Disease Model The Social Perspective on Health Why Isn't the Social Perspective More Widely Used? The Advantages of the Social Perspective Summary Chapter 2: Positivism: The Laboratory Theory of Guide to This Chapter The Meanings of Knowledge Positivism: The Laboratory Theory of Validity Elegance and Parsimony The Limits of Positivism.