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Promoting Well-Being in Health Care

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Origins of Altruism and Cooperation

Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects ((DIPR,volume 36))

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The conference on “Man the Hunted: Sociality, Altruism, and Well-Being,” brought together research from a number of domains to examine and challenge a prevailing assumption among anthropologists studying primate behavior and human origins, namely that early human beings were savage, violent hunters who exhibited little, if any, cooperation or prosocial behavior beyond what was necessary for basic survival. This view has many implications for our understanding of human nature. In this chapter, we examine and note the further challenges to this assumption from the viewpoint of research in modern medicine and health care. From this viewpoint, we now understand that cooperative and nonviolent behaviors are fundamental to the health and well-functioning of individuals and the population as a whole.

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  1. Anthropedia Foundation, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10029-6574, USA

    Lauren E. Munsch

  2. Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, 3052, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Helen Herrman

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    Robert W. Sussman

  2. School of Medicine, Dept. Psychiatry, University of Washington, S. Euclid Ave. 660, St. Louis, 63110, Missouri, USA

    C. Robert Cloninger

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Munsch, L.E., Herrman, H. (2011). Promoting Well-Being in Health Care. In: Sussman, R., Cloninger, C. (eds) Origins of Altruism and Cooperation. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects, vol 36. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9520-9_23

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