Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing : Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice.
Tobert, Natalie.
Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing : Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice. - London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016. - 1 online resource (266 pages)
BibliographySubject Index; Author Index.
Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing -- Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice by Dr Natalie Tobert; Foreword by Michael Cornwall PhD; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART ONE; Introduction; 1. Consensual Reality, Spirituality and Religion; 2. Culture, Nationality and Ethnicity; 3. Cultural Beliefs about Health and Illness; 4. The Human Body ; 5. Beliefs about Conception and Human Identity; 6. Women's Bodies and Human Behaviour ; 7. Cultural U-Turns and Changing Responses to Consensus; PART TWO; 8. Cultural Knowledge on Death and Dying. 9. Cultural Beliefs about Survival Beyond Death10. Anomalous Experiences: A. Religious and Spiritual Experiences ; 11. Anomalous Experiences: B. Near-Death Experiences (NDE), Out-of-Body Experiences (OBE), End-of-Life Experiences (ELE) ; 12. Anomalous Experiences: C. Cultural Interpretations of Mental Health; 13. Anomalous Experiences: D. Popular Uprisings and Spiritual Awakening; 14. Anomalous Experiences: E. Deliberate Shifts in Consciousness; 15. Why Address Cultural Understandings and Academic Fixity?; 16. Acknowledging Dissonance as a Way Forward ; 17. Towards Positive Change.
Providing much needed understandings of cultural differences in attitudes and beliefs towards issues such as illness, death and mental health, this book is a remedy against the cultural dissonance occurring at present between Western medical systems and their increasingly diverse patients, in order to facilitate integrated and suitable care.
9781784503451 1784503452
954129 MIL
Mental health.
Psychiatric ethics.
Culture.
Religion.
Culture.
Mental health.
Psychiatric ethics.
Religion.
Mental Health--trends.
Mental Health Services--ethics.
Culture.
Religion.
Consensus.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
RA418 / .T63 2017eb
362.1
WM 101
Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing : Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice. - London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016. - 1 online resource (266 pages)
BibliographySubject Index; Author Index.
Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing -- Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice by Dr Natalie Tobert; Foreword by Michael Cornwall PhD; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART ONE; Introduction; 1. Consensual Reality, Spirituality and Religion; 2. Culture, Nationality and Ethnicity; 3. Cultural Beliefs about Health and Illness; 4. The Human Body ; 5. Beliefs about Conception and Human Identity; 6. Women's Bodies and Human Behaviour ; 7. Cultural U-Turns and Changing Responses to Consensus; PART TWO; 8. Cultural Knowledge on Death and Dying. 9. Cultural Beliefs about Survival Beyond Death10. Anomalous Experiences: A. Religious and Spiritual Experiences ; 11. Anomalous Experiences: B. Near-Death Experiences (NDE), Out-of-Body Experiences (OBE), End-of-Life Experiences (ELE) ; 12. Anomalous Experiences: C. Cultural Interpretations of Mental Health; 13. Anomalous Experiences: D. Popular Uprisings and Spiritual Awakening; 14. Anomalous Experiences: E. Deliberate Shifts in Consciousness; 15. Why Address Cultural Understandings and Academic Fixity?; 16. Acknowledging Dissonance as a Way Forward ; 17. Towards Positive Change.
Providing much needed understandings of cultural differences in attitudes and beliefs towards issues such as illness, death and mental health, this book is a remedy against the cultural dissonance occurring at present between Western medical systems and their increasingly diverse patients, in order to facilitate integrated and suitable care.
9781784503451 1784503452
954129 MIL
Mental health.
Psychiatric ethics.
Culture.
Religion.
Culture.
Mental health.
Psychiatric ethics.
Religion.
Mental Health--trends.
Mental Health Services--ethics.
Culture.
Religion.
Consensus.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
RA418 / .T63 2017eb
362.1
WM 101