Beliefs and accounts of illness: views from two Cantonese-speaking communities in England

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An examination is presented on health attitudes and behavior among members of Canton-Chinese neighborhoods in England, focusing on mind and body correlations and spiritual agency within Asian culture. Subjects used by Chinese patients to communicate their health status include traditional medicine, demons, spirits, weather and food.

Social aspects, United Kingdom, Statistical Data Included, Analysis, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Intercultural communication, Chinese (Asian people), Health behavior, Health attitudes, Mind and body, Chinese in United Kingdom

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Illness and other assaults on self: the relative impact of HIV/AIDS on women's lives

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Many women infected with HIV or AIDS regarded family violence, drug use, or mother-child separation as more significant elements in their lives. Assessment of HIV compared to other disruptive events was affected by drug use and abuse histories, social support, and race.

United States, Women, HIV infection, HIV infections, Women's health, AIDS (Disease)

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'The illness is part of the person': discourses of blame, individual responsibility and individuation at a centre for spiritual healing in the North of England

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Increasing usage and practice of spirituality and other social concepts as complementary and alternative medicines for healing acute diseases is examined, by focusing on spiritual healing centers in North England.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Science & research, Care and treatment, Research, Usage, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Alternative medicine, Spirituality, Spiritual healing, Acute disease

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