Disease change and the role of medicine [[electronic resource] ] : the Navajo experience / / Stephen J. Kunitz

• Autore: Kunitz Stephen J
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1983
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/08997
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disease change and the role of medicine
• ISBN: 1-282-35559-7; 0-520-90964-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454860403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Comparative studies of health systems and medical care.