Why nation-states and journalists can't teach people to be healthy: Power and pragmatic miscalculation in public discourses on health

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-321

  Briggs, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Health education; Latin America; Public discourse; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0141893334     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2003.17.3.287     Document Type: Review

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