Risk, culture, and health inequality : shifting perceptions of danger and blame /

Explores the way risk, as it is socially and culturally constructed, both produces and makes more visible health inequalities. In particular, the chapters ask how individual and collective social actors assess and define health risk in public, biomedical, economic, and political arenas.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Harthorn, Barbara Herr, 1951-, Oaks, Laury, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, CT : Praeger, ©2003.
Temas:
Health risk assessment.
Equality > Health aspects.
Public health > Social aspects.
Applied anthropology.
Public health.
Risk Factors
Public Health
Socioeconomic Factors
Health Status Indicators
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation.
Sociologie de la santé.
Anthropologie appliquée.
Santé publique.
public health.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
Public health
Applied anthropology
Equality > Health aspects
Health risk assessment
Public health > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Explores the way risk, as it is socially and culturally constructed, both produces and makes more visible health inequalities. In particular, the chapters ask how individual and collective social actors assess and define health risk in public, biomedical, economic, and political arenas.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0313039208
9780313039201
9780275978693
0275978699
1282427261
9781282427266

Ejemplares similares