On the medicalization of medical anthropology

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-140

  Browner, C H ^a  

^a Russell Sage Foundation   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0033144873     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.2.135     Document Type: Article

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