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

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1089
• Soggetto topico: Minorities - Medical care; Discrimination in medical care
• Altri autori: AhmadW. I. U <1957-> (Waqar Ihsan-Ullah) BradbyHannah <1966->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnicity, health and health care
• ISBN: 1-282-03002-7; 9786612030024; 1-4443-0660-X; 1-4443-0440-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996217507903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Sociology of health and illness monograph series.