Significant concerns about the poor health and prevalence of chronic illness amongst a number of ethnic minority populations have led to heightened debates about how best to improve the situation. For some the answer is to see their experiences as part of the general social class inequality in health, but recent evidence questions the extent to which social class can explain the variations in health which ethnic minorities experience.
Researching the Cultural Differences in Health offers a range of accounts of how people in ethnic minority groups perceive and manage their...

Significant concerns about the poor health and prevalence of chronic illness amongst a number of ethnic minority populations have led to heightened debates about how best to improve the situation. For some the answer is to see their experiences as part of the general social class inequality in health, but recent evidence questions the extent to which social class can explain the variations in health which ethnic minorities experience. This work offers a range of accounts of how people in ethnic minority groups perceive and manage their illness. Some of the chapters focus on Bangladeshi, and...

Experiences of health and illness are fundamental to how we understand ourselves, and the postmodern obsession with body image has made health even more significant in identity formation. The study of subjective experiences of health and illness can also provide a challenge to traditional objective medical knowledge and, given current healthcare interest in user involvement, can highlight the need for change in health service provision.
This book explores the interplay between identity and health, private and public, mind and body. Drawing on new material, and using and exploring...

This book looks at the relationship between health and illness, and the interplay between private and public identities. Drawing on theories of illness, culture and identity, the authors consider how illness, physical image and body-mind

This book is a simple straight forward humorous tool that you can use to give yourself more courage more confidence and a positive direction for your life. All the tools in this book are easy to apply and are a lot of fun. In this book you will find simple effective tools that will help you to: Learn how to eliminate that self talk that is holding you back and keeping you down. Maintain a positive empowered state. Learn the power of goals and the joy of fear! Get excited about obstacles in your life instead of dreading them. Find out how to ask yourself better quality questions. How to use...