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

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"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: 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.
Women > Health and hygiene
Type 2 diabetes
Social psychology
Psychophysiology
Metabolism > Disorders
Medical care
Lifestyles
Life change events
Immigrants
Human behavior
Health
Endocrine glands > Diseases
Diseases
Diabetes
Diabetes in women
Mexican American women > Health and hygiene
Mexican American women > Social conditions

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Call Number: RA645 .D5 M46 2012eb
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