Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing: Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice

by Natalie Tobert

As human migration brings an ever more diverse range of people, cultures and beliefs into contact, Western medical systems must adapt to cater for the different approaches it encounters towards illness, the body, gender, mental health and death.

Based upon training courses taught by the author to staff at hospitals, mental health professionals, and on degree courses, this complete resource provides an essential foundation for understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785920847
• ISBN13: 9781785920844
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"