QUESTIONS

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Questions

2. Impact of race, gender, health and illness in U.S.

Conceptualizations of race and gender are concepts that tend to be confounded in health oriented sector. These concepts are rarely defined, often used interchangeably and as consequence habitually misunderstood. This conceptual confusion has been a major obstacle for those who desire to understand the impact that culture has on health and health behavior. Race and gender cannot be thought of as factors that shape how people respond to their illnesses since these concepts are social constructs. On the contrary, culture can be thought of as a more appropriate resource that people ...