Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-225).
Contents:
Latina health : empirical realities, alternative interpretations, and policy recommendations / Adela de la Torre. Embodying dementia : remembrances of memory loss / Yvette G. Flores -- Countering the pain that never heals : Platicás that mend the soul / Adele de la Torre -- Letters to Ceci : a journal from hyperthyroidism to hypothyroidism / Clara Lomas -- Fat in America : a Latina's personal journal / "Christi" -- A language for healing : finding sacred meaning in transcending chronic lupus / Concha Delgado Gaitan -- Debe ser la reuma/It must be rheumatism / Enriqueta Valdez-Curiel -- My spirit in rebellion, my body with Parkinson's Disease : soy soldadera rebelde / Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell -- "I wake up and go to bed with pills" : an anonymous Latina speaks about the not-so-silent killer (hypertension) / redacted by Angie Chabram-Dernersesian -- A tapestry of illness : a Latina physician's family gives voice to diabetes and illness / Jessica Núñez de Ybarra -- "Working toward wholeness" : Gloria Anzaldua's struggles to live with diabetes and chronic illness / AnaLouis Keating -- When the joys of pregnancy bring a shocking discovery : a Latina epidemiologist confronts gestational diabetes / Lorena García -- A retrospective on the narratives of Latina health : what we can learn / Angie Chabram-Dernersesian and Adela de la Torre -- Latina health : empirical realities, alternative interpretations, and policy recommendations / Adela de la Torre.
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