Applying Aristotle's doctrine of causation to aboriginal and biomedical understandings of diabetes

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-85

  Sunday, Julie ^a   Eyles, John ^a   Upshur, Ross ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Aristotle; Canada; Cause; Diabetes

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LITERATURE; MORALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; MORALS; ONTARIO;

EID: 0035290060     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005638900581     Document Type: Article

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