This open access book provides a unique perspective on the relationship between immigration
culture and health. It presents a cross-cultural perspective between culture and illness. It
touches upon identity struggles the notion of not feeling safe understood accepted and its
relation to Arab American health. The book provides a comprehensive review of the history of
Muslims in America and discusses better healthcare services for chronic illness-diabetes. It
provides an ethnographic framework for building cultural belief models of illness which helps
study any illness among any population. It is a must-read for everyone interested in
understanding the relationship among culture health and immigration as well as the
importance of building cultural belief models of illness and their possible impact on providing
better healthcare services. The book is of interest to scholars caregivers and those living
with diabetes.
