Measles, Hmong, and metaphor: Culture change and illness management under conditions of immigration

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-50

  Henry, Rebecca R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animistic cosmology; Cultural adaptation; Hmong; Measles; Metaphor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LAOS; MEASLES; MIGRATION; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; LAOS; MEASLES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MINNESOTA; SPIRITUALISM;

EID: 0033088521     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.1.32     Document Type: Article

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