Health and Medicine Under Capitalism

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Health and Medicine Under Capitalism is written by Gil Soo Han and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 083863849X (ISBN 10) and 9780838638491 (ISBN 13).

This book investigates health status and the use of health care including biomedicine, herbal medicine, acupuncture, and health food among Koreans in Australia and their relationships with those of Koreans in their homeland. The study addresses social change in Korea and its impact on people's health and on the supply and demand for biomedicine and Korean traditional herbal medicine. It also explores social origins of Korean migration to Australia, the settlement of Koreans in Australia with reference to work involvement and immigrant life, and the relationships between work, health status, and health care use from the perspectives of the Korean immigrants as well as the providers of biomedical and Korean traditional medicine.