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Author:

Hewlett, Barry S., 1950-

Title:

Ebola, culture, and politics : the anthropology of an emerging disease / Barry S. Hewlett, Bonnie L. Hewlett.

Edition:

Student ed.

Publisher:

Thomson Higher Education,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

viii, 183 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Epidemics--Social aspects--Africa.
Ebola virus disease--Social aspects--Africa.
Medical anthropology--Africa.
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola--epidemiology--Africa.
Communicable Diseases--ethnology--Africa.
Disease Outbreaks--Africa.
Health Services Accessibility--Africa.
Socioeconomic Factors--Africa.
Épidémies--Aspect social--Afrique.
Ebola, Fièvre--Aspect social--Afrique.
Anthropologie médicale--Afrique.

Other Authors:

Hewlett, Bonnie L. (Bonnie Lynn), 1961-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-177) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion -- Preface -- 5. Images and first contact -- What is ebola? -- First contact -- What is culture? -- Key questions -- Organization of the book -- What's new -- Terminology -- 2. Outbreak ethnography : the anthropologist's toolkit -- Field conditions -- The relationship between theory and methods -- What did we do in the field? -- 3. Indigenous knowledge about epidemics : Uganda 2000-2001 -- Background on Ugandan outbreak -- Cultural models -- Issues of concern to national and international teams -- Intracultural variability -- Conclusions -- 4. Providing humanitarian care : Congo 2003 -- Background on Congo outbreak -- First days in the field -- Cultural models -- Issues of concern to national and international teams -- Intracultural variability -- Conclusion -- 5. Facing death and stigmatization : healthcare workers and survivors -- Nurses and other healthcare workers -- Survivors -- Conclusion --
9. Index. Yambuku, DR Congo (1976) -- Kikwit, DR Congo (1995) -- Yambio, Sudan (2004) -- Conclusion -- 7. Outbreak control -- Beliefs and practices within the community -- Beliefs and practices from outside the community -- Conclusions -- 8. Explaining human responses to acute high-mortality epidemics -- Anthropological and historical studies of human responses to epidemics -- An evolutionary biocultural model -- Conclusions -- 9. Policy, bioterrorism, and bird flu -- Policy issues -- Ebola as a bioterrorist weapon and the threat of a bird flu pandemic -- Reflections -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References cited -- Index.

Series:

Case studies on contemporary social issues

ISBN:

0495009180
9780495009184

OCLC:

(OCoLC)148636125

LCCN:

2007932794

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)