The Medical Anthropology of Water

A Companion to Medical Anthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 197-218

  Whiteford, Linda M ^a   Padros, Cecilia Vindrola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropological research historical relationship between policies; Anthropology of water, dating back early studies on control of water in rural areas; Anthropology, and the lived experience on the ground observations of intimate rituals of daily life; Case of cholera, water borne epidemic hitting South America, in 1991 and 1993; Categories of water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases; Connecting global water crisis and anthropological research and analysis; Ecology, relationship between human beings and their environment mutually reinforcing; Human life, dependent on water studying human water beliefs and behaviors; Medical anthropology of water; Medical anthropology perspective on water and health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862251048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444395303.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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