Download or read book The Cultural Context of Health, Illness, and Medicine written by Elisa J. Sobo and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a comprehensive book focused on relevant factors that influence health, illness, and well-being from multi-discipline perspectives. It is a unique book to provide health leaders and consumers refreshing new ways to know and understand cultures. It is an essential book to serve cultures in creative and effective ways. The authors provide new and diverse cultural insights about health, illness, and wellness that have been woefully missing until the advent of transcultural nursing." Dr. Madeleine Leininger Professor of Nursing Emeritus, College of Nursing, Wayne State University --