Article: Epidemiology and Culture

Epidemiology and Culture James A. Trostle. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0521790505 (CLOTH), 978-0521793896 (PAPER), 978-0511110009 (E-BOOK); 228 PAGES, CLOTH $70.00, PAPER $27.99

Have you ever wondered whether the study you're reading in the medical literature has any 'real world' validity? If so, reading Epidemiology and Culture will be time well spent. Its main goal is to convince readers that anthropology is often essential to good epidemiology. While anthropology is largely observational and studies patterns of human and cultural behavior, epidemiology is observational as well as interventional and studies patterns ...

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