Exploring biomedical and ethnomedical representations of diabetes in Ghana and the scope for cross-professional collaboration: A social psychological approach to health policy

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Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 625-652

  De Graft Aikins, Ama ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive polyphasia; Diabetes care; Illness action; Medical pluralism Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037647023     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018402041004007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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