| Edition |
5th ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 349 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-337) and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Health and illness -- Ch. 2. Familial folk remedies -- Ch. 3. Health-care delivery : issues, barriers, and alternatives -- Ch. 4. Culture and heritage -- Ch. 5. Health traditions -- Ch. 6. Healing : magicoreligious traditions -- Ch. 7. The influence of demographics on health care -- Ch. 8. Health and illness in the American Indian, Aleut, and Eskimo communities -- Ch. 9. Health and illness in the Asian/Pacific Islander American community -- Ch. 10. Health and illness in black American communities -- Ch. 11. Health and illness in Hispanic American communities -- Ch. 12. Health and illness in white European American communities. |
| Subject |
Transcultural medical care.
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Health attitudes.
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Transcultural nursing.
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| ISBN |
0838515363 |
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