Sociocultural and activity theory perspectives on agency in Spanish speaking diabetes patients

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction ix
5. RESEARCH DESIGN
6. Health discourse and chronic disease management 3
7. Data collection methodology 15
8. METHODOLOGIES FOR DATA ANALYSIS
9. Ordered probit modeling 41
10. Using corpus-based analytical methods to study patient talk 51
11. Metaphors as mirrors into what it means to be diabetic 71
12. Sociocultural and activity theory perspectives on agency in Spanish speaking diabetes patients 87
13. Contrastive methodological approaches to study health information sources by Spanish and English-speaking patients 105
14. TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE
15. Adapting methodology to diverse cultural contexts 123
16. Translating research into practice 135
17. Conducting transdisciplinary research 147
18. Conclusion 155
19. References 159
20. Name index 179
21. Subject index 183