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Immigration, acculturation, and health, the Mexican diaspora, Jill S. Reichman

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Immigration, acculturation, and health, the Mexican diaspora, Jill S. Reichman

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-288) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Immigration, acculturation, and health

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Jill S. Reichman

Series statement

The new Americans

Sub title

the Mexican diaspora

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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Immigration, Acculturation, and Health: The Mexican Diaspora

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