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Mental illness, dementia and family in China

Ramsay, Guy Malcolm., author.
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

With rapid economic progress and increasing life expectancy in East Asian societies, more attention is being paid by their governments, the media and the academy to mental illness and dementia. While clinical research on mental illness and dementia in Chinese societies acknowledges the importance of culture in shaping people's experiences of these illnesses, how Chinese culture shapes people's understandings of and responses to mental illness and dementia has yet to be interrogated to any depth. Mental Illness, Dementia and Family in China breaks new ground in exploring how Ch

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Format: eBook
Author: Ramsay, Guy Malcolm.,
Subject: Mental health policy
Mental health services
Mentally ill
Publication Year:2013
Language:English
Published:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
ISBN:9781135094584
1135094586
9780203071212
0203071212
9781299319523
1299319521
9781135094591
1135094594
1-135-09458-6
0-203-07121-2
1-299-31952-1
1-135-09459-4
Series:Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia series ; 14
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mental Illness, Dementia and Family in China; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Life stories of people with a mental illness; 3 Life stories of family caregiving in mental illness; 4 Filmic stories of people with a mental illness; 5 Life stories of family caregiving in dementia; 6 Filmic stories of family caregiving in dementia; 7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
English
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Course: SW330

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