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Napier, A DavidAncarno, Clyde
Butler, Beverley
Calabrese, Joseph
Chater, Angel M.
Chatterjee, Helen
Guesnet, Francois
Horne, Robert
Jacyna, Stephen
Jadhav, Sushrut
Macdonald, Alison
Neuendorf, Ulrike
Parkhurst, Aaron
Reynolds, Rodney
Scambler, Graham
Shamdasani, Sonu
Smith, Sonia Zafer
Stougaard-Nielsen, Jakob
Thomson, Linda
Tyler, Nick
Volkmann, Anna-Maria
Walker, Trinley
Watson, Jessica
De Williams, Amanda C.
Willott, Chris
Wilson, James
Woolf, Katherine
Issue Date
2014-10-26Subjects
health
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Planned and unplanned migrations, diverse social practices, and emerging disease vectors transform how health and wellbeing are understood and negotiated. Simultaneously, familiar illnesses—both communicable and non-communicable—continue to affect individual health and household, community, and state economies. Together, these forces shape medical knowledge and how it is understood, how it comes to be valued, and when and how it is adopted and applied. Perceptions of physical and psychological wellbeing differ substantially across and within societies. Although cultures often merge and change, human diversity assures that different lifestyles and beliefs will persist so that systems of value remain autonomous and distinct. In this sense, culture can be understood as not only habits and beliefs about perceived wellbeing, but also political, economic, legal, ethical, and moral practices and values.Citation
Napier A., Ancarno C., Butler B., Calabrese J., Chater A., Chatterjee H., Guesnet F., Horne R., Jacyna S., Jadhav S., Macdonald A., Neuendorf U., Parkhurst A., Reynolds R., Scambler G., Shamdasani S., Smith S., Stougaard-Nielsen J., Thomson L., Tyler N., Volkmann A., Walker T., Watson J., De Williams A., Willott C., Wilson J., Woolf K. (2014) 'Culture and health', Lancet, 384 (9954), pp.1607-1639.Publisher
Lancet Publishing GroupJournal
LancetPubMed ID
25443490Type
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enISSN
0140-6736ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61603-2