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03596cam a2200517 a 4500 001 E16B78B2FBCE11DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 003 SILO 005 20100120073657 008 061214s2007 cauab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2007932794 020 $a 0495009180 020 $a 9780495009184 035 $a (OCoLC)148636125 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d SILO $d YDXCP $d IQU $d NLM $d LVB $d NOR $d IOK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f------ 050 4 $a RA650.8.A1 $b H485 2008 060 00 $a 2008 D-612 060 10 $a WC 534 $b H612e 2008 100 1 $a Hewlett, Barry S., $d 1950- 245 1 $a Ebola, culture, and politics : $b the anthropology of an emerging disease / $c Barry S. Hewlett, Bonnie L. Hewlett. 246 30 $a Anthropology of an emerging disease 250 $a Student ed. 260 $a Belmont, CA : $b Thomson Higher Education, $c c2008. 300 $a viii, 183 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 24 cm. 440 0 $a Case studies on contemporary social issues 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-177) and index. 505 00 $t Conclusion -- $t Preface -- $g 5. $t Images and first contact -- $t What is ebola? -- $t First contact -- $t What is culture? -- $t Key questions -- $t Organization of the book -- $t What's new -- $t Terminology -- $g 2. $t Outbreak ethnography : the anthropologist's toolkit -- $t Field conditions -- $g The $t relationship between theory and methods -- $t What did we do in the field? -- $g 3. $t Indigenous knowledge about epidemics : Uganda 2000-2001 -- $t Background on Ugandan outbreak -- $t Cultural models -- $t Issues of concern to national and international teams -- $t Intracultural variability -- $t Conclusions -- $g 4. $t Providing humanitarian care : Congo 2003 -- $t Background on Congo outbreak -- $t First days in the field -- $t Cultural models -- $t Issues of concern to national and international teams -- $t Intracultural variability -- $t Conclusion -- $g 5. $t Facing death and stigmatization : healthcare workers and survivors -- $t Nurses and other healthcare workers -- $t Survivors -- $t Conclusion -- 505 00 $g 9. $t Index. $t Yambuku, DR Congo (1976) -- $t Kikwit, DR Congo (1995) -- $t Yambio, Sudan (2004) -- $t Conclusion -- $g 7. $t Outbreak control -- $t Beliefs and practices within the community -- $t Beliefs and practices from outside the community -- $t Conclusions -- $g 8. $t Explaining human responses to acute high-mortality epidemics -- $t Anthropological and historical studies of human responses to epidemics -- $g An $t evolutionary biocultural model -- $t Conclusions -- $g 9. $t Policy, bioterrorism, and bird flu -- $t Policy issues -- $t Ebola as a bioterrorist weapon and the threat of a bird flu pandemic -- $t Reflections -- $t Appendix A -- $t Appendix B -- $t References cited -- $t Index. 650 0 $a Epidemics $x Social aspects $z Africa. 650 0 $a Ebola virus disease $x Social aspects $z Africa. 650 0 $a Medical anthropology $z Africa. 650 12 $a Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola $x epidemiology $z Africa. 650 22 $a Communicable Diseases $x ethnology $z Africa. 650 22 $a Disease Outbreaks $z Africa. 650 22 $a Health Services Accessibility $z Africa. 650 22 $a Socioeconomic Factors $z Africa. 650 6 $a EÌpideÌmies $x Aspect social $z Afrique. 650 6 $a Ebola, FieÌvre $x Aspect social $z Afrique. 650 6 $a Anthropologie meÌdicale $z Afrique. 700 1 $a Hewlett, Bonnie L. $q (Bonnie Lynn), $d 1961- 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780495009184 941 $a 1 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E16B78B2FBCE11DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 994 $a 02 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search