Part one: Patterns of health and disease among the Waorani Indians of Eastern Ecuador
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Medical Anthropology
- Vol. 3 (2) , 147-189
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.1979.9965838
Abstract
The Waorani Indians, who live south of the Rio Napo in eastern Ecuador, are beginning to experience the effects of contact with the outside world. Synthesis of biomedical information with an understanding of cultural practices related to health provides insight into changing patterns of health and disease during the process of acculturation. The perspective gained from these multidisciplinary studies will aid in providing health care in the future and will increase appreciation of the ecology of health of these Amerindians in the past.Keywords
This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
- Part four: Birth and survival patterns in numerically unstable proto agricultural societies in the Brazilian AmazonMedical Anthropology, 1978
- Plaque, caries, periodontal diseases, and acculturation among Yanomamö Indians, VenezuelaCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1977
- The Histocompatibility System in the Warao Indians of VenezuelaScience, 1976
- Immunoglolulin E synthesis in parasite infectionJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1976
- Infectious Diseases in Primitive SocietiesScience, 1975
- Some diseases characteristic of modern western civilizationClinical Radiology, 1973
- Lessons from a "Primitive" PeopleScience, 1970
- Helminth and protozoal parasites of the Hadza of TanzaniaTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1970
- Etiological agents of respiratory allergy in tropical countries of Central and South AmericaJournal of Allergy, 1958
- Relative Abundance of Some Panamanian SnakesEcology, 1949