Infectious Ideas is a comparative analysis of how Muslim and Christian scholars explained the transmission of disease in the premodern Mediterranean world. How did religious communities respond to and make sense of epidemic disease? To answer this, historian Justin K. Stearns lo…
The Invention of Humanity offers a global intellectual history of thinking about common humanity, cross-cultural equality, and cultural difference. The time span runs from Antiquity to the present. The book traces the history of common humanity, cross-cultural equality and self-…
The Invention of Humanity offers a global intellectual history of thinking about common humanity, cross-cultural equality, and cultural difference. The time span runs from Antiquity to the present. The book traces the history of common humanity, cross-cultural equality and self-…
'The International Handbook of Art Therapy in Palliative and Bereavement Care' offers a multicultural and international perspective on how art therapy can be of help to individuals, groups, families, communities and nations facing death and dying as well as grief and loss. Over …
The International Handbook of Art Therapy in Palliative and Bereavement Care offers a multicultural and international perspective on how art therapy can be of help to individuals, groups, families, communities, and nations facing death and dying as well as grief and loss. Over 5…
Care work is increasingly high profile, both politically and socially, and debates on the subject highlight the growing tensions between providing care and economic participation. This book focuses on the informal care provided by family members, and friends, exploring the ways …
This book focuses on the 'informal care' provided by family members, neighbours and friends, exploring the ways in which it is woven into the organization of people's everyday lives.
Care work is increasingly high profile, both politically and socially, and debates on the subject highlight the growing tensions between providing care and economic participation. This book focuses on the informal care provided by family members, and friends, exploring the ways …
Mental health care needs vary in different groups of people, but many healthcare professionals have a poor understanding of exactly how. From ethnicity to sexuality, family to religion, Mental Health Care for People of Diverse Backgrounds is a unique examination of how cultures …
This volume offers both theoretical and practical information regarding assessment, diagnosis and treatment. It concentrates on empirically informed treatments and considers that culture is not limited to racial or ethnic background, but includes any aspects that shape a person'…
A practical approach for professionals working with people suffering from dementias, this book focuses on dementias, including Alzheimer's disease, from a multi-cultural perspective.
