Biomedicalization and the Practice of Culture Globalization and Type 2 Diabetes in the United States and Japan |
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| Author:
| Armstrong-Hough, Mari |
| Series title: | Studies in Social Medicine Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-4668-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Over the last twenty years, type 2 diabetes skyrocketed to the forefront of global public health concern. In this book, Mari Armstrong-Hough examines the rise and response to the disease in two societies: the United States and Japan. Both societies have faced rising rates of diabetes, but their social and biomedical responses to its ascendance have diverged.
Over the last twenty years, type 2 diabetes skyrocketed to the forefront of global public health concern. In this book, Mari Armstrong-Hough examines the rise and response to the disease in two societies: the United States and Japan. Both societies have faced rising rates of diabetes, but their social and biomedical responses to its ascendance have diverged.