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Bodies in transition in the health humanities : representations of corporeality /

Table of Contents: “…Hilger -- Charting intersex : intersex life-writing and the medical record / Katelyn Dykstra -- Narrating sex change in Iran : transsexuality and the politics of documentary film / Najmeh Moradiyan-Rizi -- Isolated bodies, isolated spaces : anorexia and bulimia in women's autobiographical narratives / Barbara Grüning -- Unseen enemies : neisseria, desire, and bodily discourse / Lisa M. DeTora -- The Human Papillomavirus vaccination : gendering the rhetorics of immunization in public health discourses / Jennifer A. …”
Taylor & Francis
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Immigration, acculturation, and health the Mexican diaspora / by Reichman, Jill S.

Table of Contents: “…Mexican immigrants, health care, and acculturation -- Modeling and measuring acculturation -- Methodological considerations, data collection, and analysis -- Sociodemographic profile -- Models of health, models of illness -- Change over time in health prescriptions -- Cognitive models of how people should behave when sick -- Therapeutic options: awareness and usage of complementary and alternative medicine -- Crossing boundaries: geographical, political, and religious -- Diagnosis and treatment efficacy -- Antibiotic usage and rate of acculturation -- Nervios, stress, sadness, depression: the evolution of a mind/body discourse -- Conclusion.…”
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