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Researching cultural differences in health /

Offers a range of accounts of how people in ethnic minority groups perceive and manage their illnesses. Illnesses discussed include: sickle-cell disorder, mental illness, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Kelleher, David, 1935-, Hillier, S. M. (Sheila M.), 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Considering culture, ethnicity and the politics of health / Sheila Hillier and David Kelleher
  • The meanings of high blood pressure among Afro-Caribbean and white patients / Myfanwy Morgan
  • Childhood development and behavioural and emotional problems as perceived by Bangladeshi parents in East London / Sheila Hillier and Suraiya Rahman
  • A defence of the use of the terms 'ethnicity' and 'culture' / David Kelleher
  • Afro-Caribbean lay beliefs about diabetes: an exploratory study / Mary Pierce and David Armstrong.