Offers a range of accounts of how people in ethnic minority groups perceive and manage their illnesses. Illnesses discussed include: sickle-cell disorder, mental illness, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.
'Varied in its approach to cultural issues and health, and would be excellent for various assignments on Health and Equal Opportunities' - Jane Reeves, Telford Arts & Technical College'Essential reading for community nurses who are involved in providing services for patients from minority ethnic groups' - Journal of Community Nursing'Provides some thought provoking insights into the many dilemmas presented by conducting social research into cultural differences.' - Critical Social Policy'Worth reading because of the themes it addresses and the ways in which they are addressed ... reflecting on what is different is an important step in moving away from ethnocentricism.' - Psychology and Health'The chapters inform multicultural clinical practice, providing a useful overview of relevant cultural issues pertinent to both primary and secondary care ... the subject matter is easy to follow and some important challenges are made to all health professionals who are working towards practice that is based on sound evidence.' - Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing'The volume is essential for all those who carry out cross-cultural health research. It is to be welcomed for its subtle approach recognising the importance of culture for an understanding of the meanings and interpretations people use to make sense of the world as well as the limitations of culture as a general variable in snap-shot research.' - International Journal of Social Psychiatry Vol 45:1 1999
