Life of the mind: The interface of psychopharmaceuticals, domestic economies, and social abandonment

American Ethnologist

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 475-496

  Biehl, João ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology and environment; Ethics; Medicine; Mental health; Networks of family; Social death; State and economy in Brazil

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244278125     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2004.31.4.475     Document Type: Review

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