Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 244 p)
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2005 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0415111838
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041511182X
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0041511182
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of tables""; ""Contributors""; ""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""
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""Afro-Caribbean lay beliefs about diabetes: an exploratory study Mary Pierce and David Armstrong""""The health of the Irish in England David Kelleher and Sheila Hillier""; ""Is 'cultural difference' a useful concept?: perceptions of health and the sources of ill health among Londoners of South Asian origin Helen Lambert and Leena Sevak""; ""Ethnic origin of sickle and thalassaemia counsellors: does it matter? Elizabeth N. Anionwu""; ""The trouble with culture Waqar I. U. Ahmad""; ""'How should I live?' Bangladeshi people and non-insulin-dependent diabetes David Kelleher and Sharif Islam""
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""Index""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415111829
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Researching Cultural Differences in Health
Language:
English
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