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CULTURE,
HEALTH AND ILLNESS (5th Edition)
'Since the publication
of the first edition in 1984 this essential introduction
to the role of cultural and social factors in health
and disease has become one of the world's best
selling texts
in medical anthropology and in cultural
competence in health care.'
'This
book can be thoroughly recommended for its fresh
perspective on medical consultations’ – The
Lancet
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UK:
Hodder
Arnold
London
2007
USA:
Distributed by Oxford
University Press USA
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Memoir
- 1st South African edition
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SUBURBAN SHAMAN: A
Journey Through Medicine
‘The book is beautifully written: intelligent,
eloquent, and often amusing… great reading for
anyone who loves good writing and good stories’– Natal
Witness
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Double
Storey/Juta Publishers,
Cape Town,
South Africa
2004
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Memoir
- 2nd South African edition
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SUBURBAN SHAMAN: A
Journey Through Medicine
Book Details |
Double
Storey/Juta Publishers,
Cape Town,
South Africa
2008
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Memoir - New Zealand edition
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SUBURBAN SHAMAN: Tales from Medicine's Frontline
'His keen eye for the peculiarities of institutional practice and the foibles and failings of humanity, combined with his lively way with words, makes Helman's book a pleasure to read' - Rosa Shiels, RedOrbit
Book Details
Reviews
RedOrbit |
Steele Roberts
Publishing Limited, Wellington,
New Zealand,
2007
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Essays – UK edition, 1991
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BODY MYTHS
‘He has the rare gift of looking inwards
then outwards, turning clinical experience into a
type of poetry’– The
Times (London) |
Chatto
and Windus
London
2001
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Essays -
USA edition,
1992
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THE BODY OF FRANKENSTEIN’S
MONSTER: Essays in Myth and Medicine
‘These inquisitive essays are a strong antidote
to modern medicine’s tendency to treat the body
as a machine’ - Publishers Weekly
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W.W.
Norton
New York
1992
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THE GOLDEN TOENAILS OF
AMBROSIO P
A surreal detective story about
love, death, detection – and
metamorphosis.
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Atlas Press
London
1990
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Prose Poems & Short Stories
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IRREGULAR NUMBERS OF BEASTS
AND BIRDS
A collection of portraits, odes, and ruminations about
life’s major and minor disasters and recoveries.
‘Helman’s strengths: the cyclical
nature of all existence that he can contain within
these short pieces’ - Verse
Book Details
Reviews
Joyelle McSweeney |
Quale Press,
Florence, MA, USA
2006
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Prose Poems & Short
Stories
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THE OTHER HALF OF THE DREAM
‘These are pieces that understand something
fundamental about the human condition, and that regard
it with compassion and warmth’ - Cole Swenson
‘Outlandishly imaginative yet relentlessly
logical, readers will find Cecil Helman’s prose
poems a pleasure and an astonishment’ - Michael
Benedikt
Book
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Reviews
Verse |
Quale
Press,
Florence, MA, USA
2004
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Prose Poems & Short
Stories
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THE EXPLODING NEWSPAPER and Other Fables
‘Cecil Helman’s fantastical stories
reach parts most other do not’ – Times
Literary Supplement |
Menard
Press
London
1981
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Prose Poems & Short
Stories
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THAT GIRL ON THE AEROPLANE
A short collection of prose poems and prose written
as poetry. |
Obscure Publications
Black River Falls, WI, USA
2004
Limited Edition |
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