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This chapter gives an insight into the relationship between health and culture, demonstrating the importance of lay beliefs in relation to understanding health and treatment. It is important for those completing undergraduate health programmes because it further enhances their knowledge about the importance of the social in relation to health. The chapter also facilitates the ability of the reader to make comparisons between a range of health contexts. The chapter is again relevant to any health professional because it creates an awareness of different cultural settings and draws attention to the importance of the everyday understandings (lay perspectives) that co-exist alongside medical and professional viewpoints.