Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Cultural diversity in health and illness / Rachel E. Spector ; with contributions by Manuel Spector, Irving Kenneth Zola.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, c1979.Description: xxii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0838513948
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA418 .S73
Contents:
Unit I: Provider Self-Awareness: 1. Health -- 2. Illness -- 3. Familial folk remedies -- Unit II: Issues of Delivery and Acceptance of Health Care: 4. The Delivery of health care -- 5. Culture, health and illness, culture and symptoms : an analysis of patients presenting complaints / Irving Kenneth Zola -- 6. Healing -- Unit III: A Barrier and a Bridge: 7. Poverty : the barrier of health care / Manuel Spector -- 8. Is health care a right? : Negative response / Robert Sade ; Affirmative response / Hildegarde Peplau -- Unit IV: Traditional Views of Health and Illness: 9. Health and illness in the Asian-American community -- 10. Health and illness in the Black-American community -- 11. Health and illness in the Hispanic-American community -- 12. Health and illness in the Native-American community.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Cover image Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info URL Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds Item hold queue priority Course reserves
Books Methodist University Library Main General Stacks Reference RA418 .S73 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 23588

Includes index.

Unit I: Provider Self-Awareness:
1. Health --
2. Illness --
3. Familial folk remedies --
Unit II: Issues of Delivery and Acceptance of Health Care:
4. The Delivery of health care --
5. Culture, health and illness,
culture and symptoms : an analysis of patients presenting complaints / Irving Kenneth Zola --
6. Healing --
Unit III: A Barrier and a Bridge:
7. Poverty : the barrier of health care / Manuel Spector --
8. Is health care a right? : Negative response / Robert Sade ; Affirmative response / Hildegarde Peplau --
Unit IV: Traditional Views of Health and Illness:
9. Health and illness in the Asian-American community --
10. Health and illness in the Black-American community --
11. Health and illness in the Hispanic-American community --
12. Health and illness in the Native-American community.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Share
Copyright © 2026  MUG Library