Health and Culture

Health and Culture
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Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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ISBN-10 : 0803971567
ISBN-13 : 9780803971561
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Book Synopsis Health and Culture by : Collins O. Airhihenbuwa

Download or read book Health and Culture written by Collins O. Airhihenbuwa and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a trenchant analysis of the effect that culture has in determining our perceptions - and expectations - of health care, this provocative volume challenges traditional, Westernized, medical models. The author surveys various aspects of the health education domain, discusses the elements that inform an educational diagnosis of health behaviour and considers the cultural appropriateness of health behaviour in general.

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