Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-288) and index.
Mexican immigrants, health care, and acculturation -- Modeling and measuring acculturation -- Methodological considerations, data collection, and analysis -- Sociodemographic profile -- Models of health, models of illness -- Change over time in health prescriptions -- Cognitive models of how people should behave when sick -- Therapeutic options: awareness and usage of complementary and alternative medicine -- Crossing boundaries: geographical, political, and religious -- Diagnosis and treatment efficacy -- Antibiotic usage and rate of acculturation -- Nervios, stress, sadness, depression: the evolution of a mind/body discourse -- Conclusion.
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Immigration, acculturation, and health.
Health attitudes.
Mexican American women-- Health and hygiene-- New Mexico-- Santa Fe County.
Mexican Americans-- Medical care-- New Mexico-- Santa Fe County.