Culture and Health
eBook - PDF

Culture and Health

A Critical Perspective Towards Global Health

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Culture and Health

A Critical Perspective Towards Global Health

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. About the Author
  4. Critical acclaim for the First Edition
  5. Preface to the First Edition
  6. Preface to the Second Edition
  7. 1: Culture and health
  8. 2: Understanding cultural differences
  9. 3: Cultures and their syndromes
  10. 4: Culture and mental health
  11. 5: Culture and physical health
  12. 6: Culture and treatment
  13. 7: Culturally sensitive health services
  14. 8: Promoting health across cultures
  15. 9: Global health
  16. Postscript
  17. References
  18. Index