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Ethnicity, health and health care understanding diversity, tackling disadvantage /

"Addressing continuity and change in debates on ethnicity, health and health care, this volume captures the latest thinking in a rapidly developing field. The recent growth in the conceptual and methodological sophistication in studying national and international social, political and economic...

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Group Author: Ahmad, W. I. U. (Waqar Ihsan-Ullah), 1957-; Bradby, Hannah, 1966-
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Sociology of health and illness monograph series
Subjects:
Minorities > Medical care.
Discrimination in medical care.
Minorities.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > General. > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Delivery of Health Care > Great Britain.
Delivery of Health Care > United States.
Cultural Competency > Great Britain.
Cultural Competency > United States.
Ethnic groups > Great Britain.
Ethnic Groups > United States.
Minority Health > Great Britain.
Minority Health > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444306606
Summary: "Addressing continuity and change in debates on ethnicity, health and health care, this volume captures the latest thinking in a rapidly developing field. The recent growth in the conceptual and methodological sophistication in studying national and international social, political and economic divisions and their implications for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groups is reflected in this collection."--Jacket.
Item Description: "First published as volume 29, number 6 of Sociology of health & illness"--Title page verso.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781444304404 (electronic bk.)
1444304402 (electronic bk.)
9781444306606
144430660X
Index Number: RA563
CLC: R199.712
Contents: Locating ethnicity and health : exploring concepts and contexts / Waqar I.U. Ahmad and Hannah Bradby -- The black diaspora and health inequalities in the US and England : does where you go and how you get there make a difference? / James Nazroo [and others] -- Race and nutrition : an investigation of black-white differences in health-related nutritional behaviours / Peter Riley Bahr -- Describing depression : ethnicity and the use of somatic imagery in accounts of mental distress / Sara Mallinson and Jennie Popay -- Hospice or home? Expectations of end-of-life care among white and Chinese older people in the UK / Jane Seymour [and others] -- Contextualising accounts of illness : notions of responsibility and blame in white and South Asian respondents' accounts of diabetes causation / Julia Lawton [and others] -- Long-term health conditions and disability living allowance : exploring ethnic differences and similarities in access / Sarah Salway [and others] -- Interpreted consultations as 'business as usual'? An analysis of organisational routines in general practices / Trisha Greenhalgh, Christopher Voisey, and Nadia Robb.

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