Using critical ethnography to explore issues in health promotion

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Cook, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Critical ethnography; Health promotion; Inequality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 16644385265     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304267751     Document Type: Article

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