Faith and the Pursuit of Health: Cardiometabolic Disorders in Samoa
(Part of the Medical Anthropology Series)
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Faith and the Pursuit of Health explores how Pentecostal Christians manage chronic illness in ways that sheds light on health disparities and social suffering in Samoa, a place where rates of obesity and related cardiometabolic disorders have reached population-wide levels. Pentecostals grapple with how to maintain the health of their congregants in an environment that fosters cardiometabolic disorders. They find ways to manage these forms of sickness...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813592925
ISBN13:9780813592923
Release Date:October 2018
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:214 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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