The cultural context of health, illness, and medicine /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Elisa J. Sobo and Martha O. Loustaunau
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Praeger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 268 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Martha Loustaunau is first named author on previous edition
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The concept of culture -- The health-related consequences of social structure -- Health and illness over the life course -- Therapeutic modalities : a cross-cultural perspective -- Biomedicine : emergence and evolution in cultural context -- Reforming medicine -- Developing cultural sensitivity -- Putting ideas into practice : complex contemporary challenges