Fereshteh Ahmadi, Nader Ahmadi

Meaning-making Methods for Coping with Serious Illness (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book, which takes a cultural approach to coping and health, is based on extensive empirical research which identifies the existential, religious and spiritually-oriented coping methods used by cancer patients across a range of countries in which religion plays a different role in the social and cultural life of individuals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351578882
• Artikelnr.: 56836540

Autorenporträt

Fereshteh Ahmadi, PhD, Full Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, Sweden. Professor Ahmadi is presently specializing in issues related to health, religion and spirituality. In addition, she has conducted research on gerontology, international migration, Islamic Feminism and Music and Coping at Uppsala University. She is responsible for a research on Diversity Barometer. She is also responsible for an international project on Meaning-Making Coping. The project involves researchers from Sweden, South Korea, China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Brazil, Turkey and Iran.

Nader Ahmadi, PhD, Full Professor of Sociology and pro vice-chancellor of the University of Gävle, Sweden. His research has mainly focused on areas such as welfare and social policy, international social work, identity and youth problems, coping strategies among cancer patients, socio-cultural perceptions of the self and gender roles. Professor Ahmadi has extensive experience of international research and development projects in more than 15 countries, from Eastern Europe to Central and South-East Asia. He has been a consultant for UNICEF, the UN, the World Bank, and the European Union.