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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813915203321

Autore

Kunitz Stephen J

Titolo

Disease change and the role of medicine : the Navajo experience / / Stephen J. Kunitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1983

ISBN

1-282-35559-7

0-520-90964-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 pages)

Collana

Comparative studies of health systems and medical care

Disciplina

362.1/08997

Soggetti

Navajo Indians - Diseases

Navajo Indians - Mortality

Navajo Indians - Medical care

Navajo Indians - Medicine

Indians of North America - Diseases - Southwest, New

Indians of North America - Mortality - Southwest, New

Indians of North America - Medical care - Southwest, New

Indians of North America - Medicine - Southwest, New

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First paperback printing 1989.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mortality, Fertility and Social Organization -- 2. Economic and Demographic Change on the Navajo Reservation -- 3. Disease Patterns on the Navajo Reservation -- 4. Traditional Navajo Health Beliefs and Practices (by Jerrold E. Levy) -- 5. Health Care Utilization (with Helena Temkin-Greener) -- 6. Changing Mortality and the Role of Medicine -- Appendix I: Data and Methods -- APPENDIX II -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Stephen Kunitz's work raises crucial issues for public policy in the medical field, and will be valuable for social scientists, physicians, and health professionals concerned with the social context of public health and other medical facilities.