Contextualizing the Politics of Knowledge: Physicians' Attitudes toward Medicinal Plants

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-500

  Wayland, Coral ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Medicinal plants; Physicians; Politics of knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SCIENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0842308913     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2003.17.4.483     Document Type: Article

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