The Economics of Health and Wellness: Anthropological Perspectives (Research in Economic Anthropology, Vol 26)

269 Pages·2007·1.11 MB·English

by  Donald Wood

THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH AND
WELLNESS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES
RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC
ANTHROPOLOGY
Series Editor: Donald C. Wood
Volume 20: Research in Economic Anthropology – Edited by
B. L. Isaac
Volume 21: Social Dimensions in the Economic Process –
Edited by N. Dannhaeuser & C. Werner
Volume 22: Anthropological Perspectives on Economic
Development and Integration – Edited by
N. Dannhaeuser & C. Werner
Volume 23: Socioeconomic Aspects of Human Behavioral
Ecology – Edited by M. Alvard
Volume 24: Markets and Market Liberalization:
Ethnographic Reflections – Edited by
N. Dannhaeuser & C. Werner
Volume 25: Choice in Economic Contexts: Ethnographic
and Theoretical Enquiries – Edited by D. Wood
RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 26
THE ECONOMICS
OF HEALTH AND
WELLNESS:
ANTHROPOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES
EDITED BY
DONALD C. WOOD
Department of Social Medicine, Akita University School of
Medicine, Japan
Amsterdam – Boston – Heidelberg – London – New York – Oxford
Paris – San Diego – San Francisco – Singapore – Sydney – Tokyo
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii
INTRODUCTION
Donald C. Wood 1
LAKOTA HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND THE
PERPETUATION OF POVERTY ON PINE RIDGE
Kathleen Pickering and Bethany Mizushima 11
THE POWER OF CULTURE IN SELECTING HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS IN RURAL BANGLADESH:
AN ETHNO SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS
Azizur R. Molla 35
REINVENTING MENTAL HEALTH CARE:
PUBLIC–PRIVATE SYSTEMS
Sue Gena Lurie 55
FAILED URBAN MIGRATION AND
PSYCHOSOMATIC NUMBING: CORTISOL,
UNFULFILLED LIFESTYLE ASPIRATIONS
AND DEPRESSION IN BOTSWANA
Seamus Decker 75
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vi CONTENTS
ATTRIBUTIONS OF DANGER AND RESPONSES TO
RISK AMONG LOGGING CONTRACTORS IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA’S SOUTHERN INTERIOR:
IMPLICATIONS FOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN
THE FOREST INDUSTRY
Patrick B. Patterson 103
MISSED CONNECTIONS: HYPERTENSION AND
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AT THE SAN FRANCISCO
MUNICIPAL RAILWAY
Beverly Ann Davenport 127
PAWNING FOR FINANCING HEALTH
EXPENDITURES: DO HEALTH SHOCKS INCREASE
THE PROBABILITY OF LOSING THE PLEDGE?
Kristiano Raccanello, Jayant Anand and 151
Eder Gibran Bielma Dolores
BASIC NEEDS AND EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH
CARE IN A SHANTY TOWN OF LIMA
Mo`nica Guille´n Royo 173
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE HEALTH AND
VULNERABILITY OF BATTERED WOMEN IN
NORTHERN VIETNAM
Lynn Kwiatkowski 199
THE ECONOMIES OF HEALTH IN WESTERN
BUDDHISM: A CASE STUDY OF A TIBETAN
BUDDHIST GROUP IN FRANCE
Lionel Obadia 227
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Jayant Anand Department of Anthropology, Texas
A&M University, College Station, TX,
USA (Currently Assistant Professor of
Sociology in the Department of Social
Sciences at the University of Puerto
Rico, Mayagu¨ ez, Puerto Rico)
Eder Gibran Bielma University of Colorado, Denver, CO,
Dolores USA (currently freelance)
Beverly Ann Davenport Department of Anthropology,
UniversityofNorthTexas,Denton,TX,
USA
Seamus Decker Department of Anthropology,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
MA, USA
Mo`nica Guille´n Royo Department of Social and Policy
Sciences, Wellbeing in Developing
Countries (WeD) ESRC Research
Group, University of Bath, UK
Lynn Kwiatkowski DepartmentofAnthropology,Colorado
StateUniversity,FortCollins,CO,USA
Sue Gena Lurie Department of Social and Behavioral
Sciences, School of Public Health,
University of North Texas Health
Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Bethany Mizushima DepartmentofAnthropology,Colorado
StateUniversity,FortCollins,CO,USA
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Azizur R. Molla Department of Social Work,
Anthropology and Sociology, Mansfield
University, Mansfield, PA, USA
Lionel Obadia Faculte´ de Sociologie et
d’Anthropologie, Universite´ Lyon
2 – Lumie`re, Bron, France
Patrick B. Patterson Population Health Intervention
Research Centre, University of Calgary,
Alberta, Canada
Kathleen Pickering DepartmentofAnthropology,Colorado
StateUniversity,FortCollins,CO,USA
Kristiano Raccanello Department of Economics, Fundacio´n
Universidad de las Ame´ricas, Puebla,
Mexico
Donald C. Wood Department of Social Medicine, Akita
University School of Medicine, Japan
INTRODUCTION
Donald C. Wood
This 26th volume of REA focuses on the economics of health and wellness,
andindoingsoattemptstobringtogethertwofieldsofresearch–economic
anthropology and public health – that tend not to merge as often as they
should. The volume includes 10 chapters that explore the general theme of
theeconomicsofhealthandwellnessinananthropologicalfashionandina
variety of settings and ways. All of them passed a selection process that
includeddouble-blindpeer-review,andhavebeenrevisedtovariousdegrees
basedpartlyonthesuggestionsofthereferees.Onthisnote,Iwouldliketo
extendmygratitudetothevariousscholarswhotooktimeoutoftheirvery
busyschedulestoreviewmanuscriptsforthisvolume.Thechaptershereall
benefited greatly from their anonymous comments and recommendations.
The role of economics in health and wellness is, of course, widely
recognized. It is deep-rooted and complex. Problems like obesity (see
Critser, 2003) and tobacco-related diseases (see WHO, 2002; Gately, 2001,
for an engaging history) have long been intertwined with geopolitics and
trade,forexample.Inmanypartsoftheworld,thereisaspecifichealthcare
sector of the larger national or regional economy. This sector may be
governed by rules that are codified and easily accessed and understood by
most people. Even so, many are actually participants only in a marginal
sense.TheUSA,whichpossessesenoughoverallwealthtoprovideadequate
care to all residents, is currently unable to do so because of economic,
political, and logistic disagreements. Basically, as everyone knows, it all
boils down to money. In the words of Howe (2002, p. xi), this system ‘‘is
characterized by high cost, highly variable access, and high dissatisfaction
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