Migration and Health, Infectious Diseases, Beginning
of Life/Reproductive Medicine, End of Life, Human
Body, and Interculturality and Ethics – these six main
themes have been studied from historical, ethical,
and epidemiological perspectives, keeping the sister
disciplines in a transdisciplinary view.
The contributions reflect the themes of two meetings
in Mainz/Germany and Istanbul/Turkey.The articles presented at conference, published as a book that is attempting at a synthesis of the different perspectives
and methodological approaches with a focus on Central
Europe and Turkey. The authors and editors have revisited
the field and bring together a more comprehensive
approach to Health, Culture and the Human Body.