CONTENTS List of tables ... ix Contributors ... xi 1. Considering culture, ethnicity and the politics of health / Sheila Hillier ; David Kelleher ... 1 2. The meanings of high blood pressure among Afrocaribbean and white paticents / Myfanwy Morgan ... 11 3. Childhood development and behavioural and emotional problems as perceived by Bangladeshi parents in East London / Sheila Hillier ; Suraiya Rahman ... 38 4. A defence of the use of the terms ethnicity and culture / David kelleher ... 69 5. Afro-Caribbean lay beliefs about diabetes: an exploratory study / Mary Pierce ; David Armstrong ... 91 6. The health of the Irish in England / David Kelleher ; Sheila Hillier ... 103 7. Is cultural difference a useful concept?": perceptions of health and the sources of ill health among Londoners of South Asian origin / Helen Lambert ; Leena Sevak ... 124 8. Ethnic origin of sickle and thalassaemia counsellors: does it matter? / Elizabeth N. Anionwu ... 160 9. The trouble with culture / Waqar I. U. Ahmad ... 190 10. How should I live?" Bangladeshi people and non-insulin-dependent diabetes / David Kellher ; Sharif Islam ... 238 Index ... 238