Syndemic suffering : social distress, depression, and diabetes among Mexican immigrant women

Syndemic suffering : social distress, depression, and diabetes among Mexican immigrant women /

"In a major contribution to the study of diabetes, this book is the first to analyze the disease through a syndemic framework. An innovative, mixed-methods study, Emily Mendenhall shows how adverse social conditions, such as poverty and oppressive relationships, disproportionately stress certai...

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Main Author: Mendenhall, Emily, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, 2012
Series:Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Diabetes in women.
Mexican American women > Health and hygiene.
Mexican American women > Social conditions.
Lifestyles.
Health.
Diabetes.
Psychophysiology.
Social psychology.
Endocrine glands > Diseases.
Human behavior.
Diseases.
Medical care.
Metabolism > Disorders.
Stress (Physiology)
Stress (Psychology)
Immigrants.
Type 2 diabetes.
Life change events.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Life Style
Behavioral Symptoms
Health
Diabetes Mellitus
Psychophysiology
Persons
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Psychology, Social
Endocrine System Diseases
Behavior
Population Characteristics
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Named Groups
Disease
Psychiatry and Psychology
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Delivery of Health Care
Metabolic Diseases
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Stress, Psychological
Emigrants and Immigrants
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Life Change Events
Women's Health
Stress, Physiological
Patient Care
health.
social psychology.
human behavior.
disease.
illness.
emigrants.
immigrants.
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