Biomedicalization and the practice of culture : globalization and type 2 diabetes in the United States and Japan / Mari Armstrong-Hough.
2018
RC662.18 .A78 2018
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Biomedicalization and the practice of culture : globalization and type 2 diabetes in the United States and Japan / Mari Armstrong-Hough.
ISBN
9781469646701 (electronic book)
1469646706 (electronic book)
9781469646671
1469646676
9781469646688
1469646684
1469646706 (electronic book)
9781469646671
1469646676
9781469646688
1469646684
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Language
English
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1 online resource (x, 171 pages.)
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RC662.18 .A78 2018
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362.1964/624
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Studies in social medicine.
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Table of Contents
Two countries, one disease
Biomedicalization and globalization
Cavemen didn't get diabetes: American narratives about the origins of type 2 diabetes
Our genes don't match your culture: Japanese narratives about the origins of type 2 diabetes
Your diabetes: U.S. health care providers' orientations towards patients
Our diabetes: diabetes in the Japanese exam room
Diabetes at home: explanatory models in everyday practice
Diabetes and its discontents.
Biomedicalization and globalization
Cavemen didn't get diabetes: American narratives about the origins of type 2 diabetes
Our genes don't match your culture: Japanese narratives about the origins of type 2 diabetes
Your diabetes: U.S. health care providers' orientations towards patients
Our diabetes: diabetes in the Japanese exam room
Diabetes at home: explanatory models in everyday practice
Diabetes and its discontents.