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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829289903321

Titolo

Ethnicity, health and health care : understanding diversity, tackling disadvantage / / edited by Waqar I.U. Ahmad and Hannah Bradby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008

ISBN

9786612030024

9781282030022

1282030027

9781444306606

144430660X

9781444304404

1444304402

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Sociology of health and illness monograph series

Altri autori (Persone)

AhmadW. I. U <1957-> (Waqar Ihsan-Ullah)

BradbyHannah <1966->

Disciplina

362.1089

Soggetti

Minorities - Medical care

Discrimination in medical care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published as volume 29, number 6 of Sociology of health & illness"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ethnicity, Health andHealth CareUnderstanding Diversity,Tackling Disadvantage; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Locating ethnicity and health: exploring concepts and contexts; 2 The Black diaspora and health inequalities in the US and England: does where you go and how you get there makea differe; 3 Race and nutrition: an investigation of Black-White differences in health-related nutritional behaviours; 4 Describing depression: ethnicity and the use of somatic imagery in accounts of mental distress

5 Hospice or home? Expectations of end-of-life care among white and Chinese older people in the UK6 Contextualising accounts of illness: notions of responsibility and blame in white and South Asian respondents' accounts; 7 Long-term health conditions and Disability Living Allowance: exploring ethnic differences and similarities in access; 8 Interpreted consultations as 'business as usual'? An  analysis



of organisational routines in general practices; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume considers the implications of national and international social, political, and economic realities for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groups.Addresses continuity and change in debates on ethnicity, health, and health careConsiders the implications of national and international social, political, and economic realities for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groupsRepresents the experiences of settled and new minority ethnic groups, refugees, and asylum seekers across the worldIncludes international comparisons between Caribbe