Department of Health Sciences Faculty Articles
The Role of Culture in Chronic Illness
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-1996
Abstract
Provider an patent cultural approaches to disease etiology and illness affect compliance with western medical diagnoses and treatments. this article provides cross-cultural examples of these impacts on several chronic illnesses and then argues for a dual medical approach for treatment. A case study of a Mexican American man with cystic fibrosis is presented to demonstrate how culture influences his and his family's understanding of disease etiology and of his illness experience and, consequently, his dual medical approach to treatment.
Volume
39
Issue
6
First Page
717
Last Page
728
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
NSUWorks Citation
Turner, Akiva, "The Role of Culture in Chronic Illness" (1996). Department of Health Sciences Faculty Articles. 164.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_hs_facarticles/164
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