Author: Arguijo Martinez, Ricardo
Date Published: 1978
A collection of selected readings about Hispanic health care beliefs and practices.
It is made up of 19 articles divided into four sections: cultural considerations; cultural factors and their influence on the health beliefs of Hispanics; folk diseases,
health rituals and practices, and their influence on the biopsychosocial
realms of the Hispanic; and the Hispanic's reaction to health-care delivery systems. Each section is preceded by a short introduction. The articles h represent some of
the major contributions found in the literature concerning the health and culture of Hispanics in the U.S.