Homeopathic medicine in the City of Oaxaca, Mexico: Patients' perspectives and observations

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-78

  Whiteford, Michael B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary alternative medicine; Gender differences; Homeopathy; Medical pluralism; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033090277     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.1.69     Document Type: Review

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