Situating stress: Lessons from lay discourses on diabetes

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-193

  Schoenberg, Nancy E ^a   Drew, Elaine M ^b   Stoller, Eleanor Palo ^c   Kart, Cary S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Diabetes mellitus; Explanatory models; Great Lakes Indians; Mexican Americans; Rural residents

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; KENTUCKY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; STRESS;

EID: 22144472980     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2005.19.2.171     Document Type: Article

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