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Main description:
This is the first book to outline effective social approaches to health, describing the social and environmental causes of chronic illness and reporting success stories of empowerment that are changing the environment, transforming the medical system and healing suffering communities.
Contents:
Foreword; Introduction; Prologue: Diabetes 101; Diabetes as a Social Disease; Toxic Environment: Stress and Inequality; Toxic Environment: Food and Inactivity; The Medical System: Friends and Enemies; From Shame to Strength; Self-Care as a Political Act; Strength in Numbers; Taking it to the Streets; The Movement Takes Shape; Diabetes as a Turning Point; Index.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Publication date: October, 2006
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 230.00 x 155.00 x 15.00
Weight: 372g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Endocrinology, General Practice