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An Ecological Perspective of Medical Anthropology

This paper examines the arguments presented in this book by Ann McElroy and Patricia Townsend. This three page paper has no addit...

Lisa Steinberg Case of Domestic Abuse

scene when an emergency call had come to the police about six year old Lisa Steinberg (Gross, Powell & Daley, 1987). She had stopp...

Anthropology and Lack of Feminism

- male or female? For the most part, Michel Foucault, in his thesis "Discipline and Punishment," seems to regard feminism ...

Anthropology Benefits to Performance Studies

rooted in the behaviors of pre-historic man and has played a primary role in the evolution of human cognitive functions (Beeman). ...

ANALYSIS OF CODING ARTICLES

despite the low response rate, that the sample was representative of the study, as the sample represented tended to encompass all ...

Differing Ecological Viewpoints

"same freedom for imagination and desk-top investigation" that is utilized by empirical ecologists in the field (Wu, 1994). Both o...

Ecological Diversity and Value in Los Katios National Park

also the understory plants and the myriad of other organisms associated with the various resources. Los Katios is not an isolated...

Dancing Skeletons

A 5 page essay exploring the ethnographic account by Catherine Dettwyler. Medical anthropology entials precise fieldwork, professi...

Postmodern Criticism and Feminist Anthropology

This paper addresses the ways in which feminist anthropology can negate some of the traditional, male-dominated viewpoints in the ...

Theories of Anthropology

In a paper consisting of seven pages Emile Durkheim's functionalism, Julian Steward's cultural anthropology, and Franz Boas's psyc...

Life Definitions

way to talk about complexity when it is so poorly defined is to describe "the boundary between order and chaos - where complexity ...

Roland Case and Penney Clark's The Canadian Anthology of Social Studies

the globe, to armchair inquiry into such things as films, television and music of contemporary urban life. While anthropology may ...

Anthropology Definitions and Concepts

humans from animals (McConnell, 1977). Total Social Fact as Suggested by...

Anthropology as a Career Path

The writer describes the requirements for a career in anthropology as well as the outlook for employment. The writer argues that a...

The Ok Tedi Mine Case Study and the Relevance of Anthropology

The idea as expressed by Kirsch (2002) for example is that the people are ignorant and do not have the power as do the large corpo...

Hunter 'Patch' Adams

as an opposing force rather than one that works for all living beings. Based upon his functionalist theory, Durkheim would not be...

Medical Coders

Building on the work of William Farr, Jacques Bertillon, the chief statistician for the city of Paris, devised a revised classific...

Consequences on Ecological Resource Overspending

In ten pages this report discusses the socioeconomic and ecological consequences on ecological resource overspending in terms of a...

Consequences on Ecological Resource Overspending

terms of its fragile environment, humanity is on a collision course with disaster. It is not enough to warn people, impose econom...

Personal Development: The Ecological Systems Theory

has diminished significantly, to the extent that he can no longer work his auto mechanics job. The father has applied for disabili...

Three Anthropology Questions

(McGee et al, 2004). Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of meaning, the journey of understanding ha...

2 Perspectives on Hinduism

In six pages An Introduction to Hinduism by Gavin Flood and Hinduism The Anthropology of a Civilization by Madeleine Biardeau are...

Medical Ethics and Disclosure of HIV

In five pages the issue of HIV disclosure is examined from the perspective of medical ethics in a consideration of the perspective...

Criminal's Society Reentry and Various Influential Factors

Gottredson and Hirschis Self-Control Theory contends that criminal behavior is perpetuated to meet the perpetrators own self-inter...

Forested Land Valuation Eco/Land Valuation

at $2 million. These authors then suppose that a spotted owl is discovered nesting in the middle of this tract. According to the l...

New Business Perspective Management Philosophy and Land Ethics

In five pages this paper considers a corporate manager's opinions regarding management philosophy's new business perspectives with...

Ecological Footprint - The Value of the Model

began to question my own behavior and activities in regards to how environmentally friendly they were. In other words, by calculat...

Termite Biology and Research

In thirteen pages an overview of termites is presented from ecological and biological perspectives with current research also exam...

An Analysis of Weed and Pest Biocontrol Strategies

Biocontrol strategies vary considerably in their effect. They also vary in their overall impact on the environment. This ten pa...

Ecology and Biology of Zebra Mussels

in Lake St Clair -- the connecting water between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. By late 1989, zebra mussels had spread west into Lake...