Sandra D. Lane

Belief, Behavior, and Health

Religion as a Social Determinant of Health

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book uniquely examines, across cultures, the health benefits and detriments of religious beliefs, with important implications for individual well-being and human survival.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032847986
• ISBN-10: 1032847980
• Artikelnr.: 70528147

Autorenporträt

Sandra D. Lane is the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Public Health and Anthropology at Syracuse University and a research professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Upstate Medical University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2.The Irish Catholics and the English Protestants:
Family History and Social Determinants of Health from the European
Wars of Religion 3.The Friends of Dorothy House: A Catholic Worker
House for Those Dying of HIV/AIDS 4.Childbirth as a Pathway to
Spiritual Transformation 5.Female Genital Cutting in Egypt and Islam
6.Vaccine Hesitancy: Hasidic Jews and Outbreaks of Measles and Polio
7.When Religion Causes Harm 8.Conclusion