Medical Humanities: Medicine and Culture
Medicince and Culture Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA broad index to periodicals, Academic Search Complete covers most academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowAn index to scholarly articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations published internationally on modern (Medieval to today) languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics (including composition and rhetoric since 2000). Coverage has varied but now includes literature from all over the world--Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. Folklore is represented by folk literature, music, art, rituals, and belief systems. Linguistics and language materials range from history and theory of linguistics, comparative linguistics, semantics, stylistics, and syntax to translation. Other topics include literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater), and history of printing and publishing. Some full-text.
Reference Sources
The SAGE Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine by ISBN: 9781526440662Publication Date: 2022-04-20This book aims to bridge the gap between health policy and the sociology of health, with a multidisciplinary and international focus.
Handbook of Gender, Culture, and Health by ISBN: 9780805826388Publication Date: 2000-02-01This Handbook illustrates how gender, ethnicity, age, and even sexual orientation and understanding influence the health practices and risk factors for health problems in diverse groups of people. Contributions from leading researchers in psychology, health, and epidemiology provide an interdisciplinary approach to the topic. In addition to epidemiological issues, this book discusses the view that public health policy and programs must be individually tailored to specific groups to maximize their effectiveness.
The Routledge Handbook of Disability and Sexuality by ISBN: 9780367672812Publication Date: 2022-08-01This handbook provides a much-needed holistic overview of disability and sexuality research and scholarship. With authors from a wide range of disciplines and representing a diversity of rationalities, it provides a multi-perspectival view that fully captures the diversity of issues and outlooks.
Handbook of Diversity Issues in Health Psychology by ISBN: 9780306453250Publication Date: 1996-09-30This book aims to refocus health psychology to consider the perspective and needs of populations that have been historically underrepresented in studies and writings on psychology and mental health.
