Culture and Health: A Critical Perspective Towards Global Health
Malcolm Maclachlan
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470847374
SKU
V9780470847374
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99-50
About Malcolm Maclachlan
Professor Malcolm MacLachlan is with the Centre for Global Health and School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. He originally trained and worked as a clinical psychologist, and then as a management consultant, in the UK, before taking up a lectureship at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. There he worked on a range of health promotion projects concerning HIV/AIDS and various ... Read more
Reviews for Culture and Health: A Critical Perspective Towards Global Health
"...an excellent text for qualified nurses...offers far more than an overview..." (Nursing Standard, August 2006)