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Culture and Health: A Critical Perspective Towards Global Health

By Malcolm Maclachlan

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0470847379, 9780470847374, 9780470035689
Open Library ID
OL20421602M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1401817 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
328\330
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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