"Curing and crippling": Biomedical and alternative healing in post-Soviet Russia

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 583, Issue SEPT., 2002, Pages 160-172

  Brown, Julie V ^a   Rusinova, Nina L ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 25844455405     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716202583001010     Document Type: Article

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