An Ethnography of Stress
The Social Determinants of Health in Aboriginal Australia
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Personality, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | V. Burbank | ISBN: | 9780230117228 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | January 31, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | V. Burbank |
| ISBN: | 9780230117228 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | January 31, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Health inequality is a global issue. This book examines the problem through an in-depth look at a remote Australian Aboriginal community characterized by a degree of premature morbidity and mortality similar to that in other disadvantaged populations. Its synthesis of cognitive anthropology with frameworks drawn from epidemiology, evolutionary theory, and social, psychological and biological sciences illuminates the actions, emotions, and stresses of daily life. While this analysis implicates structures and processes of inequality in the genesis of ill health, its focus remains on the people who suffer, grieve, and live with the dilemmas of an intercultural life.
Health inequality is a global issue. This book examines the problem through an in-depth look at a remote Australian Aboriginal community characterized by a degree of premature morbidity and mortality similar to that in other disadvantaged populations. Its synthesis of cognitive anthropology with frameworks drawn from epidemiology, evolutionary theory, and social, psychological and biological sciences illuminates the actions, emotions, and stresses of daily life. While this analysis implicates structures and processes of inequality in the genesis of ill health, its focus remains on the people who suffer, grieve, and live with the dilemmas of an intercultural life.
