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Hypertension and culture change : acculturation and disease in the West Indies
- Title
- Hypertension and culture change : acculturation and disease in the West Indies / William W. Dressler ; foreword by William W. Willard.
- Author
- Dressler, William W.
- Publication
- South Salem, N.Y. : Redgrave Publishing Company, [1982]
- ©1982
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | RC685.H8 D74 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 158 pages; 21 cm
- Alternative Title
- Acculturation and disease in the West Indies
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [142]-150.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction: Introduction ; The ethnographis setting -- Part II. Sociocultural Factors in the Development: Sampling and methods ; Effects of changing life styles on blood pressure ; Mating, family structure, and blood pressure ; Social and psycho;ogical factors in host resistance -- Part III. Sociocultural Factors in the Response to Disease: The Western medical system ; Ethnomedical beliefs ; Beliefs, behaviors, and stress, and the severity of hypertension -- Part IV. Conclusions: Sumamry, conclusions, and suggestions -- Appendix I. Blood Pressure Epidermiology Study: Interview schedule -- Appendix II. Patient compliance Study Interview Schedule -- Appendix III. A note on statistical procedures and the concept of "Interaction."
- ISBN
- 0913178705
- 9780913178706
- OCLC
- ocm08421420
- 8421420
- SCSB-626754
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library