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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Armstrong-Hough, Mari (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Type 2 diabetes > Treatment.
Type 2 diabetes > Social aspects.
Type 2 diabetes.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Diabetes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Diabete non insulinodependant > Aspect social > Japon.
Diabete non insulinodependant > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Diabete non insulinodependant > Traitement > Japon.
Diabete non insulinodependant > Traitement > États-Unis.
Diabete non insulinodependant > Japon.
Diabete non insulinodependant > États-Unis.
Type 2 diabetes > Social aspects > Japan.
Type 2 diabetes > Social aspects > United States.
Type 2 diabetes > Treatment > Japan.
Type 2 diabetes > Treatment > United States.
Type 2 diabetes > Japan.
Type 2 diabetes > United States.
United States.
Japan.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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