Technology as the representative anecdote in popular discourses of health and medicine

Health Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 409-425

  Harter, Lynn M ^a   Japp, Phyllis M ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ANECDOTES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRAMA; HUMAN; MASS MEDIA; NATURE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035237466     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327027HC1304_04     Document Type: Article

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