Culture and health : a critical perspective towards global health / Malcolm MacLachlan.
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TextPublication details: Chichester : John Wiley, 2006Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 328 pISBN: 9780470035689 (ebook)Subject(s): Transcultural medical care | Social psychology | Personality and culture | Social medicine | Minorities -- Health and hygiene | Health and Wellbeing | Psychology | Ethnic studies | Health systems & services | Clinical psychologyGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780470847374Summary: Physical and mental symptoms often point beyond the individuals who experience them, to the communities and cultures to which they belong. In his exploration of the interplay between culture and health, Malcolm MacLachlan shows how the two interact, from assessment and treatment to effects on rehabilitation. Most Western health professionals practice in multicultural societies. The influence of culture on illness, health and rehabilitation is therefore very important. Despite this, most lower level health psychology texts skim over these differences and assume our traditional biomedical approach will be appropriate for all. In this completely revised and updated edition of a groundbreaking book, Malcolm MacLachlan redresses the balance by showing how social and cultural aspects interact with the purely physical: from assessment and treatment all the way through to effects on rehabilitation.
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Previous ed.: 1997.
Physical and mental symptoms often point beyond the individuals who experience them, to the communities and cultures to which they belong. In his exploration of the interplay between culture and health, Malcolm MacLachlan shows how the two interact, from assessment and treatment to effects on rehabilitation. Most Western health professionals practice in multicultural societies. The influence of culture on illness, health and rehabilitation is therefore very important. Despite this, most lower level health psychology texts skim over these differences and assume our traditional biomedical approach will be appropriate for all. In this completely revised and updated edition of a groundbreaking book, Malcolm MacLachlan redresses the balance by showing how social and cultural aspects interact with the purely physical: from assessment and treatment all the way through to effects on rehabilitation.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780470847374
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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