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Ways Of War In The Americas: Mayas And Aztecs (Ad 700-1500), Jennifer Mathews
Ways Of War In The Americas: Mayas And Aztecs (Ad 700-1500), Jennifer Mathews
Jennifer P Mathews
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Culture And Co-Morbidity In East And West Berliners, Mary Fechner
Culture And Co-Morbidity In East And West Berliners, Mary Fechner
Mary Fechner
Following the collapse of socialism, fluctuations in cardiac mortality rates in East Germany and a West-to-East cardiac health gradient became topics of interest. Researchers suggested possible causes for these phenomena, including stress from postsocialism. I proposed that a cultural investigation of heart disease comorbid with depression could inform our understanding of the potential health effects of the postsocialist transition. I conducted ethnographic and survey research. In the study described here, I administered a depression scale (CES-D) and an ethnographically derived measure of cultural stress (Good Life Survey) to over 200 East and West Berliners with cardiovascular disease. Comparison of the …