The good, the bad, and the unresolved death in Kaliai

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 887-897

  Counts, Dorothy Ayers ^a   Counts, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bad death; Good death; Papua New Guinea; Social relations

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

EID: 0346461591     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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