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Ethnicity, Health and Health Care: Understanding Diversity, Tackling Disadvantage
Ahmad
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Description for Ethnicity, Health and Health Care: Understanding Diversity, Tackling Disadvantage
Paperback. Addressing continuity and change in debates on ethnicity, health and health care, this volume considers the implications of national and international social, political and economic realities for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groups. Editor(s): Ahmad, Waqar; Bradby, Hannah. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
This volume considers the implications of national and international social, political, and economic realities for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groups.
This volume considers the implications of national and international social, political, and economic realities for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groups.
- Addresses continuity and change in debates on ethnicity, health, and health care
- Considers the implications of national and international social, political, and economic realities for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groups
- Represents the experiences of settled and new minority ethnic groups, refugees, and asylum seekers across the world
- Includes international comparisons between Caribbean migrants to the US and UK, the provision of interpreters in general practice and the variations in uptake of disability living allowance ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405168984
SKU
V9781405168984
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Ref
99-50
About Ahmad
Waqar I. U. Ahmad is a leading contributor to research on ethnicity and health, especially in relation to disability and chronic illness. He edited (with Charles Husband) the Open University book series, Race, Health and Social Care. Waqar has published in leading journals in social science (Sociology, Social Science & Medicine, Sociology of Health & Illness, Ageing and Society) and ... Read more
Reviews for Ethnicity, Health and Health Care: Understanding Diversity, Tackling Disadvantage
"This book, edited by two sociologists who have helped delineate the field, brings the reader up to date through seven empirical studies in ethnicity and health care, covering self-reported health, nutrition, depression, end-of-life care, diabetes, chronic illness and interpretation . " (Sociology of Health & Illness, 2009)