Rethinking Diabetes : Entanglements with Trauma, Poverty, and HIV /

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"Rethinking Diabetes investigates how diabetes is perceived and experienced differently from one place to the next. Drawing upon ethnographic narratives from women residing in urban contexts in the US, India, South Africa, and Kenya, the project unpacks how social, cultural, and epidemiological...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mendenhall, Emily, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Syndemics.
Diabetes > Social aspects.
Diabetes > Psychosomatic aspects.
Diabetes > Psychological aspects.
Diabetes in women.
Diabetes > Economic aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Infections à VIH.
Femmes > Sante et hygiene.
Diabete non insulinodependant.
Diabetiques > Conditions sociales > 21e siecle.
Diabete chez la femme.
HIV Infections
Poverty
Psychological Trauma
Women's Health
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
HIV infections.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Type 2 diabetes.
Diabetics > Social conditions > 21st century.
Kenya
South Africa
India
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Rethinking Diabetes investigates how diabetes is perceived and experienced differently from one place to the next. Drawing upon ethnographic narratives from women residing in urban contexts in the US, India, South Africa, and Kenya, the project unpacks how social, cultural, and epidemiological factors shape people's experiences and why we need to take these differences seriously when we think about what drives diabetes and how it affects the lives of the poor"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781501738319

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