Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
The psychobiology of health and healing. -- Models of the body, the self, and the human experience. -- Constructing gender: the body in social context. -- The biology of psychology and the psychology of biology. -- Metaphor, labeling theory, and the placebo effect. -- Maintaining health and healing the whole person. -- The human life cycle: coming of age. -- The human life cycle: the reproductive years. -- The human life cycle: growing old and growing good. -- Lifestyle and health. -- Models of diagnosis and treatment. -- Biomedicine and the scientific approach. -- Restoring the balance: Asian models of health and healing. -- Calling on the spirits: shamans, sorcerers, and mediums. -- The emerging field of integrative medicine. -- Contemporary issues in health and healing. -- The social context of epidemics. -- Medicines, herbs, and dietary supplements. -- Public policy and health-care delivery systems.