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This unique textbook eloquently introduces students to international perspectives on cross-cultural psychology (both Eastern and Western cultures), adopting a truly accessible narrative approach throughout. The main thrust of the book’s content is to discuss the framework of culture, family structure, health, and bereavement. Intercultural interaction—and all of their intersections—and consideration are also given to methodological and ethical research issues and their application to differing cultures.
Cross-Cultural Considerations in Health, Happiness, and Illness
Cross-Cultural Considerations in Health, Happiness, and Illness
Doctors put drugs of which they know little, in bodies of which they
know less, to cure diseases of which they know nothing at all.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Let us start by examining the two views quoted above. It is clear from the first quote by François-Marie Arouet – better known as Voltaire – that he did not take kindly to the medical profession. Whether his contempt at the perceived ignorance of doctors was based on personal experience or that he was simply stating a hyperbole, one cannot say without going into Voltaire's lifestyle and his involvement with the medical profession. But despite ...
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