Biomedicalization and the practice of culture : globalization and type 2 diabetes in the United States and Japan /

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Over the last twenty years, type 2 diabetes skyrocketed to the forefront of global public health concern. In this text, Mari Armstrong-Hough examines the rise in and response to the disease in two societies: the United States and Japan.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Armstrong-Hough, Mari (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Colección:Studies in social medicine.
Temas:
Type 2 diabetes > United States.
Type 2 diabetes > Japan.
Type 2 diabetes > Treatment > United States.
Type 2 diabetes > Treatment > Japan.
Type 2 diabetes > Social aspects > United States.
Type 2 diabetes > Social aspects > Japan.
Diabète de type 2 > États-Unis.
Diabète de type 2 > Japon.
Diabète de type 2 > Traitement > États-Unis.
Diabète de type 2 > Traitement > Japon.
Diabète de type 2 > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Diabète de type 2 > Aspect social > Japon.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes > Social aspects
Type 2 diabetes > Treatment
Japan
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Two countries, one disease
  • Biomedicalization and globalization
  • Cavemen didn't get diabetes: American narratives about the origins of type 2 diabetes
  • Our genes don't match your culture: Japanese narratives about the origins of type 2 diabetes
  • Your diabetes: U.S. health care providers' orientations towards patients
  • Our diabetes: diabetes in the Japanese exam room
  • Diabetes at home: explanatory models in everyday practice
  • Diabetes and its discontents.

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