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Syndemic suffering : social distress, depression, and diabetes among Mexican immigrant women /
"In a major contribution to the study of diabetes, this book is the first to analyze the disease through a syndemic framework. An innovative, mixed-methods study, Emily Mendenhall shows how adverse social conditions, such as poverty and oppressive relationships, disproportionately stress certai...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Walnut Creek, California :
Left Coast Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Advances in critical medical anthropology ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In a major contribution to the study of diabetes, this book is the first to analyze the disease through a syndemic framework. An innovative, mixed-methods study, Emily Mendenhall shows how adverse social conditions, such as poverty and oppressive relationships, disproportionately stress certain populations and expose them to disease clusters. She goes beyond epidemiological research that has linked diabetes and depression, revealing how broad structural inequalities play out in the life histories of individuals, families and communities and lead to higher rates of mortality and morbidity"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (145 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611321432 1611321433 9781611326833 1611326834 1611321425 9781611321425 9781315419442 1315419440 9781315419459 1315419459 |